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

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to eat its head off

b. to eat its head off: said of an animal that costs more for food than it will sell for.

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1736 J. Byrom Let. 4 May in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1856) II. i. 35 The eating his head off means that he would eat as much hay and corn as he is worth.

1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage I. xiv. 277 A gentleman..does not like to leave him [sc. a good horse] there eating his head off.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Cattle which have been bought at a loss are said to eat their heads off.

extracted from eatv.

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单词	to eat its head off
释义	> as lemmas to eat its head off b. to eat its head off: said of an animal that costs more for food than it will sell for. ΚΠ 1736 J. Byrom Let. 4 May in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1856) II. i. 35 The eating his head off means that he would eat as much hay and corn as he is worth. 1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage I. xiv. 277 A gentleman..does not like to leave him [sc. a good horse] there eating his head off. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Cattle which have been bought at a loss are said to eat their heads off. extracted from eatv. < as lemmas
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