How many syllables is fish eat worms a lot when eating?

Here's the breakdown:

* Fish - 1 syllable

* eat - 1 syllable

* worms - 1 syllable

* a - 1 syllable

* lot - 1 syllable

* when - 1 syllable

* eat - 1 syllable

* ing - 1 syllable

Adding those up: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 8 syllables