Without my own lawyer, the defendants' lawyers would have eaten me alive in court.
The state income tax is just eating me alive, so I think I may move.
The only bad thing about camping by the river was the mosquitoes that ate us alive.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
Eat You Alive — single infobox Name = Eat You Alive Artist = Limp Bizkit from Album = Results May Vary Recorded = 2003 Released = September 23, 2003 Genre = Nu metal Length = 3:57 Label = Interscope Records Producer = Fred Durst, DJ Lethal Format = CD Chart… … Wikipedia
eat someone alive — 1) eat someone alive/for breakfast/lunch to defeat or deal with someone easily 2) if insects eat you alive, they keep biting you We were being eaten alive by midges … English dictionary
eat someone alive — If you eat someone alive, you defeat or beat them comprehensively … The small dictionary of idiomes
eat someone alive — If you criticize someone severely because you are angry with them, you eat them alive. (You can also be eaten alive bitten repeatedly by insects.) The boss will eat me alive if the report arrives late … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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 — 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 alive — eat (you) alive 1. to cause you to suffer. Without my own lawyer, the defendants lawyers would have eaten me alive in court. The state income tax is just eating me alive, so I think I may move. 2. to bite you repeatedly. The only bad thing about… … New idioms dictionary
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
eat — [[t]i͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦ eats, eating, ate, eaten 1) VERB When you eat something, you put it into your mouth, chew it, and swallow it. [V n] She was eating a sandwich... [V n] The bananas should be eaten within two days … English dictionary
eat */*/*/ — UK [iːt] / US [ɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms eat : present tense I/you/we/they eat he/she/it eats present participle eating past tense ate UK [et] / UK [eɪt] / US [eɪt] past participle eaten UK [ˈiːt(ə)n] / US [ˈɪt(ə)n] Other ways … English dictionary
