eat like a horse

eat like a horse
разг.
отличаться завидным, отменным аппетитом; есть много и с жадностью

I can eat like a horse, did you notice? But I can also eat like a fly if I have to. (P. H. Johnson, ‘The Holiday Friend’, ch. 15) — Вы заметили, что аппетит у меня отменный? Но от нужды я могу довольствоваться крохами, как птичка небесная.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • 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 — 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 like a horse — Someone who eats like a horse, eats a lot …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • eat like a horse — if you eat like a horse, you always eat a lot of food. She eats like a horse, so I don t know how she manages to stay so thin …   New idioms 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\ 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 …   Словарь американских идиом

  • eat like a horse — verb to consume a large amount of food Ant: eat like a bird …   Wiktionary

  • Eat like a horse —   Someone who eats like a horse, eats a lot …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • eat like a horse — eat large amounts of food, eat a lot …   English contemporary dictionary


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