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.”