- eat a lot
- American: chow down (I need to find a place to \<b\>chow down\</b\>)
Универсальный русско-английский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный русско-английский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
eat — W1S1 [i:t] v past tense ate [et, eıt US eıt] past participle eaten [ˈi:tn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(meal)¦ 3 eat your words 4 eat your heart out 5 eat somebody alive/eat somebody for breakfast 6¦(use)¦ 7 eat humble pie … Dictionary of contemporary English
eat — [ it ] (past tense ate [ eıt ] ; past participle eat|en [ itn ] ) verb intransitive or transitive *** to put food into your mouth and swallow it: We sat on the grass and ate our sandwiches. Don t talk while you re eating. I ve eaten too much.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
eat like a horse — informal phrase to eat a lot Thesaurus: to eat a lot or too muchsynonym Main entry: eat * * * eat like a ˈhorse idiom ( … Useful english dictionary
eat someone out of house and home — (informal) To live at the expense of another person so as to ruin him or her • • • Main Entry: ↑home * * * eat someone out of house and home humorous phrase to eat too much of someone’s food when you are a guest in their house Thesaurus: to eat a … Useful english dictionary
eat like a horse — {v. phr.} To eat a lot; eat hungrily. * /The harvesters worked into the evening, and then came in and ate like horses./ Contrast: EAT LIKE A BIRD … Dictionary of American idioms
eat like a horse — {v. phr.} To eat a lot; eat hungrily. * /The harvesters worked into the evening, and then came in and ate like horses./ Contrast: EAT LIKE A BIRD … Dictionary of American idioms
eat like a horse — eat large amounts of food, eat a lot … English contemporary dictionary
eat somebody out of house and home — eat sb out of ˌhouse and ˈhome idiom (informal, often humorous) to eat a lot of sb else s food • How much longer is he staying? He s eating us out of house and home. Main entry: ↑eatidiom … Useful english dictionary
eat like a horse — eat a lot, pig out Barney eats like a horse. He has a monstrous appetite … English idioms
eat like a horse — eat a lot He eats like a horse but he never puts on any weight … Idioms and examples
eat — /i:t/ verb past tense ate /et,eIt/ past participle eaten 1 FOOD a) (I, T) to put food in your mouth and swallow it: Vegetarians don t eat meat. | something to eat (=some food): Would you like something to eat? | eat like a bird (=eat very little) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English