2008년 11월 20일 목요일

Idioms: eat someone for breakfast, eat someone/something for breakfast

자료: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/breakfast


eat someone for breakfast: to speak angrily to someone, or to criticize someone. 
  • My boss would eat me for breakfast if I asked for more money.
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998

eat someone/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.
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms © Cambridge University Press 2003

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