The boss will eat me alive if the report arrives late.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
eat someone alive — If you eat someone alive, you defeat or beat them comprehensively … The small dictionary of idiomes
eat someone alive — eat (someone) alive to criticize someone very angrily. If we get our facts wrong we ll be eaten alive by the press … New idioms dictionary
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 — … Useful english dictionary
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
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 alive — eat (someone) alive to criticize someone very angrily. If we get our facts wrong we ll be eaten alive by the press … 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 — 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 — phrasal : to defeat, conquer, or overwhelm completely : crush * * * 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 mosquitoe … Useful english dictionary
