Eating up at me

[Talab1234]

This is really eating up at me.

Is this grammatically correct?

 

[5jj]

In what context did you see or hear those words?

 

[Talab1234]

Something feels wrong / is bothering me. I heard a native speaker say it

 

[5jj]

I'm afraid it means nothing to me.

 

[Talab1234]

Should I say “eating at me” then?

 

[5jj]

That works.

It doesn't explain the words you said you heard from a native speaker.

 

[Talab1234]

So “up” should not have been said in this case? “This is eating at me” is correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

There are at least two grammatical possibilities:

This is eating me up.
This is eating away at me.

Note that "I heard a native speaker say it" doesn't answer 5jj's question "In what context ...?" What was the conversation about? What was that native speaker talking about?

 

[Talab1234]

There are at least two grammatical possibilities:

This is eating me up.
This is eating away at me.

Note that "I heard a native speaker say it" doesn't answer 5jj's question "In what context ...?" What was the conversation about? What was that native speaker talking about?

The native speaker was talking about Something that feels wrong / was bothering him.

“eating up at me” is incorrect then?

Thanks

 

[emsr2d2]

The native speaker was talking about something that feels felt wrong/was bothering him.

Is “eating up at me” is incorrect then?

Thanks.

That's much clearer. In post #3, when you said "Something feels wrong/is bothering me", I believe we all thought you were talking about yourself, and that you meant you thought there was something wrong with the original sentence.

Yes, "eating up at me" is wrong.