吃的東西太少，好像只達到喉嚨就沒感覺了，形容食慾或其他欲望沒有得到滿足，又或者一件事一件事做一半沒做完整，令人很不過癮。我好肚餓，食一碗簡直繫到喉唔到肺。（我肚子太餓了，吃一碗簡直就像沒有吃東西。）

to be disappointed or frustrated by something that is half-done or incomplete, literally to reach the throat but not the lungs