英语词汇“to eat for breakfast”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to eat (also have) (a person or thing) for breakfast: to overcome, dispose of, or deal with (a person or thing) without difficulty.Sometimes as part of an extended metaphor.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > easily

to eat (also have) (a person or thing) for breakfast1693

to walk over (the course)1823

to run (also make) rings round (also around)1875

to shut out1881

to walk away from1883

to walk round1901

to roll over1937

to walk (all) over (a person)1976

1693 Humours & Conversat. Town i. 92 He was an Iniskilling-Man, and had eat half an hundred Irish Men for a Breakfast.

1719 J. Bernal Ovid in Masquerade 22 In Death's cold Chains I made his Neck fast Who'ad eat a Dozen Greeks for Breakfast.

1733 H. Fielding Miser (London ed.) v. xiv. 82 What are two thousand Pounds? Why, Sir, the Court of Chancery will eat it up for a breakfast.

1861 Harper's Mag. Aug. 428/1 Mr. Stephens had said he could eat Ben Hill for breakfast, Rance Wright for dinner, and Bob Trippe for supper.

1888 W. B. Churchward ‘Blackbirding’ in S. Pacific 125 Look sharp, or by golly, they will have us for breakfast.

1962 Life 23 Feb. 18 (advt.) This beauty eats mountains for breakfast—Pontiac Grand Prix!

1999 A. Wheatle Brixton Rock 5 The court'd have him for breakfast for interviewing a minor without a chaperone.

2004 Asiana Autumn 85/1 Your rivals have their own way of bringing you down, but if you stoop to their level—chances are they'll eat you for breakfast.

单词	to eat for breakfast
释义	> as lemmas to eat (also have) (a person or thing) for breakfast to eat (also have) (a person or thing) for breakfast: to overcome, dispose of, or deal with (a person or thing) without difficulty.Sometimes as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > easily to eat (also have) (a person or thing) for breakfast1693 to walk over (the course)1823 to run (also make) rings round (also around)1875 to shut out1881 to walk away from1883 to walk round1901 to roll over1937 to walk (all) over (a person)1976 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town i. 92 He was an Iniskilling-Man, and had eat half an hundred Irish Men for a Breakfast. 1719 J. Bernal Ovid in Masquerade 22 In Death's cold Chains I made his Neck fast Who'ad eat a Dozen Greeks for Breakfast. 1733 H. Fielding Miser (London ed.) v. xiv. 82 What are two thousand Pounds? Why, Sir, the Court of Chancery will eat it up for a breakfast. 1861 Harper's Mag. Aug. 428/1 Mr. Stephens had said he could eat Ben Hill for breakfast, Rance Wright for dinner, and Bob Trippe for supper. 1888 W. B. Churchward ‘Blackbirding’ in S. Pacific 125 Look sharp, or by golly, they will have us for breakfast. 1962 Life 23 Feb. 18 (advt.) This beauty eats mountains for breakfast—Pontiac Grand Prix! 1999 A. Wheatle Brixton Rock 5 The court'd have him for breakfast for interviewing a minor without a chaperone. 2004 Asiana Autumn 85/1 Your rivals have their own way of bringing you down, but if you stoop to their level—chances are they'll eat you for breakfast. extracted from breakfastn. < as lemmas
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