eats like a horse
Has huge appetite
Eats like a horse describes someone who consumes large quantities of food.
Horses are grazing animals that eat steadily throughout the day, making them apt symbols for big appetites: That teenager eats like a horse—I can barely keep the fridge stocked.
The phrase implies no judgment about weight, only volume consumed.
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- voracityIntense, consuming hunger
- pigDomesticated swine for meat
- pig outEat to excess
- bottomless pitInexhaustible void or cavity
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