eat for breakfast



eat somebody/something for breakfast

to deal with someone or something easily and completely People say she eats her competitors for breakfast. He is a level-headed guy who eats pressure for breakfast.
See also: breakfast, eat

eat somebody for breakfast

to speak angrily to someone, or to criticize someone My boss would eat me for breakfast if I asked for more money.
See also: breakfast, eat

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AapeliAH:-pe-leeFinnish
GeorgesZHORZHFrench
Nediljko-Croatian
BaldricBAWLD-rikEnglish (Archaic)
Angelou['ændʒə.lu:]
Kunto-Western African, Akan