「Whats eating you?」真的和「吃」一點關係也沒有！

05-02

Whats eating you?

eat除了「吃」，還有下面這個意思：

使困擾; 使不開心

- Whats eating you?

- I dont know how to improve my English! What can I do?

- 有什麼煩心事嗎？

- 我不知道怎麼提高的英文！我該怎麼辦？

eat one』s words.

說錯了，收回（之前說的話）

Sorry, I eat my words.

對不起，我收回我說的話。

eat sb. alive

（對某人極為氣憤而）尖銳批評，嚴厲懲罰，橫加指責

The teacher almost ate Tom alive for his cheating in the test.

老師非常嚴厲地批評了湯姆，因為他考試作弊。

eat a horse

我餓死了【漢語中：我能吃下一頭牛】

You know what. Im so hungry that I could eat a horse.

你造嗎？我餓得發慌了。