eat like a horse

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eat like a horse

verb eats like a horse · eating like a horse · ate like a horse · eaten like a horse

  1. colloquial To eat large amounts of food. (connoting a large quantity of food, but not one of gluttony or sloppiness)

Opposite: eat like a bird

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verb

Opposite: eat like a bird

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verb eat large amounts

Españolcomer como un animal, tener buen saque
Portuguêscomer como um animal
Françaismanger comme un ogre, manger comme quatre
Русскийжрать как конь žratʹ kak konʹ
Tiếng Việtăn như hạm

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@misc{eat_like_a_horse_2026,
  title = {eat like a horse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eat%20like%20a%20horse},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}