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Old 25-Sep-2006, 15:10
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Default Re: Animal idioms

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Originally Posted by Mad-ox View Post
hi,

I would like to add that "eat like a horse" means eat very lage quantities of food; while "eat your head off" means eat a lot, often at a great cost.
"to eat like a pig" means to eat a lot, or to eat noisily or sloppily.
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