what's eating someone
What's eating (someone)?
What's bothering someone? Why is someone in a bad mood? What's eating Terry today? I asked him how his weekend was and he just glared at me. I've never seen her act that way before. What's eating her?
See also: eating
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
what's eating someone
People ask what's eating someone, when they want to know why that person seems to be unhappy or angry. `What the hell's eating you?' he demanded.
See also: eating, someone
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- a stranger to (someone or something)
- be in bad with (someone)
- accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
- accompany on a journey
- be out of (one's) league
- be out of somebody's league
- (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time
- bargain
- bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)
- brief (someone) about (someone or something)