eat like a horse

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Verb

eat like a horse (third-person singular simple present eats like a horse, present participle eating like a horse, simple past ate like a horse, past participle eaten like a horse)

(colloquial, simile) To eat large amounts of food. (The term connotes large quantity but not gluttony or sloppiness.)

Antonyms

eat like a bird

Translations

eat large amounts

Finnish: syödä kuin hevonen
French: manger comme un ogre (fr), manger comme quatre (fr)
Russian: жрать как конь (žratʹ kak konʹ) (rude)
Portuguese: comer como um animal
Spanish: comer como un animal, tener buen saque
Yiddish: פֿרעסן ווי אַ פֿערד‎ (fresn vi a ferd)

See also

I could eat a horse
work like a horse, piss like a racehorse
eat like a pig, eat like a bird, wolf (as a verb, of eating ravenously)

Anagrams

ate like a horse

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