eat something for breakfast

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.


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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

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