- eat for breakfast
- eat (someone) for breakfast
to speak angrily to someone, or to criticize someone.
My boss would eat me for breakfast if I asked for more money.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
eat for breakfast
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eat for breakfast — eat (someone/something) for breakfast to deal with someone or something easily and completely. People say she eats her competitors for breakfast. He is a level headed guy who eats pressure for breakfast … New idioms dictionary
eat something for breakfast — If you eat something for breakfast, you can do it effortlessly, and if you eat someone for breakfast, you can beat them easily … The small dictionary of idiomes
eat someone for breakfast — eat (someone) for breakfast to speak angrily to someone, or to criticize someone. My boss would eat me for breakfast if I asked for more money … New idioms dictionary
eat someone for breakfast — eat (someone/something) for breakfast to deal with someone or something easily and completely. People say she eats her competitors for breakfast. He is a level headed guy who eats pressure for breakfast … New idioms dictionary
eat something for breakfast — eat (someone/something) for breakfast to deal with someone or something easily and completely. People say she eats her competitors for breakfast. He is a level headed guy who eats pressure for breakfast … New idioms dictionary
eat you for breakfast — defeat you easily, have you for breakfast In a game of racquetball he ll eat you for breakfast. He s quick … English idioms
have (or eat) someone for breakfast — informal deal with or defeat someone with contemptuous ease. → breakfast … English new terms dictionary
have someone for breakfast — have (or eat) someone for breakfast informal deal with or defeat someone with contemptuous ease … Useful english dictionary
breakfast — break|fast1 [ brekfəst ] noun count or uncount *** the first meal you have in the morning: What did you have for breakfast this morning? a. a meal consisting of the things people often have for breakfast, for example eggs or BACON: Try our all… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
breakfast — I UK [ˈbrekfəst] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms breakfast : singular breakfast plural breakfasts *** the first meal you have in the morning What did you have for breakfast this morning? I m never hungry enough for a full breakfast.… … English dictionary
