eat

eat (someone or something)

1. To pay the cost of something. If we sent the wrong file to the printer, then we'll just have to eat the cost of the fliers and start over again.
2. To cause one to worry. What's eating you? Did something bad happen?
3. vulgar slang To perform cunnilingus.
See also: eat
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

eat

1. tv. [for something] to bother or worry someone. Nothing’s eating me. I’m just the nervous type.
2. tv. to absorb the cost or expense of something. We’ll eat the costs on this one. It’s the least we can do.
3. tv. to perform oral sex on someone. (Usually objectionable.) She said she wanted to eat me!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (do something) to excess
  • (Do) you eat with that mouth?
  • (one) did everything (one) could 'cept eat (someone)
  • (one) is not going to eat (someone)
  • (one) will eat (someone or something) for breakfast
  • (one) won't eat (someone)
  • a bite to eat
  • a dog-eat-dog world
  • beat out
  • chew out
  • could eat a horse
  • could eat the arse out of a low-flying duck
  • could eat the crotch out of a low-flying duck
  • could eat the crutch out of a low-flying duck
  • did everything he could 'cept eat us
  • Do you eat with that mouth?
  • dog does not eat dog
  • dog eat dog
  • dog-eat-dog
  • don't crap where you eat
  • don't eat (the) yellow snow
  • don't know whether to eat it or rub it on
  • don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you
  • eat
  • eat (away) at (someone or something)
  • eat (away) at (someone's) conscience
  • eat (one) alive
  • eat (one) out of house and home
  • eat (one's) fill
  • eat (one's) greens
  • eat (one's) gun
  • eat (one's) hat
  • eat (one's) heart out
  • eat (one's) lunch
  • eat (one's) own dog food
  • eat (one's) salt
  • eat (one's) shirt
  • eat (one's) Wheaties
  • eat (one's) words
  • eat (one's) young
  • eat (someone or something)
  • eat (someone's) dust
  • eat (something or someone) for breakfast
  • eat (something) off
  • eat (something) out of (something)
  • eat alive
  • eat and run
  • eat at
  • Eat at Joe's
  • eat at the Y
  • eat away
  • eat away at
  • eat crap
  • eat crow
  • eat crow/humble pie/dirt, to
  • eat dirt
  • eat face
  • eat fill
  • eat for two
  • eat hat
  • eat heart out
  • eat high off the hog
  • eat high on the hog
  • eat humble pie
  • eat in
  • eat into (something)
  • eat it
  • eat it up
  • eat like a bird
  • eat like a bird/horse, to
  • eat like a horse
  • eat like a pig
  • eat lunch
  • eat me
  • Eat me!
  • eat my shorts
  • Eat my shorts!
  • eat nails
  • eat off
  • eat one’s gun
  • eat one’s hat
  • eat one’s heart out
  • eat one's cake and have it (too)
  • eat one's cake and have it, too
  • eat one's cake and have it, too, to
  • eat one's hat
  • eat one's hat, to
  • eat one's heart out
  • eat one's heart out, to
  • eat one's words
  • eat one's words, to
  • eat out
  • eat out of
  • eat out of (one's) hand
  • eat out of hand
  • eat out of house and home
  • eat out of someone's hand
  • eat out of someone's hand, to
  • eat pussy
  • eat salt
  • eat salt with
  • eat salt with (someone)
  • eat somebody alive
  • eat somebody out of house and home
  • eat somebody's lunch
  • eat someone alive
  • eat someone out of house and home
  • eat someone out of house and home, to
  • eat someone’s lunch
  • eat someone's dust
  • eat someone's lunch
  • eat something up
  • eat the bread of idleness
  • eat through
  • eat through (something)
  • eat to live, not live to eat
  • eat up
  • eat up with
  • Eat up!
  • eat words
  • eat your hat
  • eat your heart out
  • eat your words
  • eat, drink and be merry
  • eat, drink, and be merry
  • eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
  • for England
  • go and eat coke
  • good enough to eat
  • hate to eat and run
  • have (one's) cake and eat it (too)
  • have cake and eat it too
  • have someone for breakfast
  • have something to eat
  • have to eat (one's) words
  • have your cake and eat it
  • he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree
  • he that would eat the kernel must crack the nut
  • he, she, etc. won't eat you
  • he/she can talk/eat, etc. for England
  • high off the hog, eat
  • high off the hog, to eat/live
  • I could eat a horse
  • I could eat a horse!
  • I hate to eat and run
  • I'll eat my hat
  • I'll eat my hat!
  • let them eat cake
  • mad enough to eat nails
  • make (one) eat crow
  • make eat crow
  • Never Eat Shredded Wheat
  • real men don't eat quiche
  • so clean (that) (one) could eat off the floor(s)
  • so clean you could eat off the floor
  • the cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet
  • we (all) have to eat a peck of dirt before we die
  • what (someone) eats doesn't make (one) fat
  • what (someone) eats doesn't make (one) poop
  • When do we eat?
  • will eat for breakfast
  • you are what you eat
  • You cannot have your cake and eat it
  • you can't eat your cake and have it (too)
  • you can't have your cake and eat it
  • you can't have your cake and eat it(, too)
  • you could eat off the floor(s)
  • You eat with that mouth?
  • you have to eat a peck of dirt before you die
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Most, but not all of the lactose (natural milk sugar) in yogurt is digested by beneficial bacteria, so the majority of lactose-intolerant people can eat yogurt unless they are very sensitive.
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In the midst of all the chaos sits Michael Pollan, calmly nibbling a piece of homemade boar prosciutto and ruminating, "Let them eat cake made with unbleached organic flour and fresh butter from the local creamery." Pollan is the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, an irritatingly excellent book.
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Teen athletes: the weight-gain battle
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Eat Smart In Peru
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