- eat someone out
- chew someone out† and eat someone out†Fig. to scold someone. •
The sergeant chewed the corporal out; then the corporal chewed the private out.
•The boss is always chewing out somebody.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
eat someone out
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eat someone out of house and home — (informal) To live at the expense of another person so as to ruin him or her • • • Main Entry: ↑home * * * eat someone out of house and home humorous phrase to eat too much of someone’s food when you are a guest in their house Thesaurus: to eat a … Useful english dictionary
eat someone out of house and home — eat (someone) out of house and home humorous to eat most of the food that someone has in their house. The boys have only been back two days and they ve already eaten me out of house and home … New idioms dictionary
eat someone out of house and home — humorous to eat too much of someone s food when you are a guest in their house … English dictionary
eat someone out of house and home — verb To consume such a portion of ones store of food that little is left for the owner. He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all my substance See Also: out of house and home … Wiktionary
eat someone out — vb to perform cunnilingus. These Ameri canisms of the 1960s are heard in Aus tralia and, to a lesser extent, in Britain … Contemporary slang
eat someone or something alive — eat (someone or something) alive see ↑eat • • • Main Entry: ↑alive eat (someone or something) alive 1 of insects : to bite (someone or something) many times The mosquitoes were eating us alive. [=we were being bitten frequently by many… … Useful english dictionary
clean someone out — clean (someone) out to take everything from someone. Thieves took my bank card and absolutely cleaned me out. I d offer you something to eat, but Sean was here last night and he cleaned us out … New idioms dictionary
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 out of house and home — eat (someone) out of house and home humorous to eat most of the food that someone has in their house. The boys have only been back two days and they ve already eaten me out of house and home … New idioms 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
eat — eater, n. /eet/, v., ate /ayt/; esp. Brit. /et/ or (Archaic) eat /et, eet/; eaten or (Archaic) eat /et, eet/; … Universalium
