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eat like a horse

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[eat like a horse] {v. phr.}

To eat a lot; eat hungrily.

* /The harvesters worked into the evening, and then came in and ate like horses./

Contrast: EAT LIKE A BIRD.

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	{v. phr.} ²¹⁸²

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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