食言而肥 meaning in English
get [grow] fat because of “eating one's own words”-- be worse than one's word; get[grow] fat by eating one's own words; fail to make good one's promise; break fait with sb
Examples
- Someone who writes about " reneging on pledges
有人写出了“食言而肥”这样的词语， - And then he reneged on his pledge
可是他最后却食言而肥。 - And then he reneged on his pledge and that was my motive for attack
之后却食言而肥那便是我采取攻击的动机