喻指任务过少，劳动力有剩余to have excess labour; to not have enough to eat

• 近几年之所以亏损严重，原因是多方面的，主观上是管理不善，客观上是吃不饱，无布可染，生产任务严重不足。

  There are many reasons why recent years have seen heavy losses. Subjectively we can point to mismanagement. Objectively, there is excess labour: we don’t have enough orders; there are no cloths to dye.

• 改造后的东门商业步行街由于商铺扩容太快，出现部分商家因“僧多粥少”而吃不饱的现象。

  After its renovation, shops on the East gate pedestrian street expanded too fast, leading to some businesses suffering from excess labour—they have too many employees and not enough customers.