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2021-10-20 10:10
Eat someone alive phrase
(For insects) To bite someone on many parts of their body or skin.
After one night of sleeping in the jungle, all the hikers were eaten alive by mosquitoes.
Ouch! It's so itchy. These ants are eating me alive.
To beat or win against someone effortlessly.
This tournament seems to be too easy for John. He's eaten all his opponents alive so far.
He threatened that he would eat me alive in the match, but it turned out to be an idle boast.
Làm tổn hại nghiêm trọng hoặc nói một cách tức giận và gay gắt với ai đó.
My dad ate me alive because I sneaked out at night.
Stay vigilant when going out at night because some thugs may eat you alive.
To make one feel distressed.
Her harsh criticism for my work has been eating me alive.
His father's sudden death is still eating him alive.
To fall suddenly and heavily to the ground
To narrowly succeed or defeat someone in something
To finally get rid of fears, worries, or distress about something that has negatively affected you for a long time
To succeed in something by only a small amount
If you say that you carry all before you, you mean that you successfully defeat all of your opponents in a battle or a competition.
The verb "eat" must be conjugated according to its tense.
Meaning 2 dates from the early 1900s.
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