I could eat a horse!

I could eat a horse

I am extremely hungry. Often used in the expression "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." When will dinner be ready? I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. After that hike, I could eat a horse. After traveling all day—and getting delayed at every turn—I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

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I could eat a horse!

Fig. I am very hungry! Where's dinner? I could eat a horse!

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

I could eat a horse

When people say I could eat a horse, they mean that they are extremely hungry. Is lunch ready yet? I could eat a horse.

See also: could, eat, horse

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

I could eat a ˈhorse

(spoken) I am very hungry: What’s for dinner? I could eat a horse!

See also: could, eat, horse

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