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idioms with “eat”
Dog-eat-dog
Extremely competitive
“This industry used to be quite profitable but now it is dog-eat-dog.”
Eat one’s heart out
To be very jealous, (used with humor)
“Eat your heart out, Junko-san. I got this designer jacket on sale for 80% off the regular price.”
Eat someone’s lunch
To beat someone by a large margin in a contest or race
“Though we had a head start, the other team still ate our lunch in the sales contest.”
Eat one’s words
Recall or take back one’s words
“Kuni-san said we’d never shoot the movie under budget but we did. Now he has to eat his words.”
Eat crow
To admit to an error, especially a humiliating one
“The stock market analyst was forced to eat crow when his suggested stocks lost 50% of their market value in six months.”