Here are 10 idioms with the verb eat in English. Read the definition and example sentences for each of the 10 idioms. Next, take the idioms with eat quiz to check your knowledge. Finally, find a friend and have a discussion using these idioms. To learn more idioms, you can also use short stories providing idioms in context.
下面是英语中关于动词eat的十个习语。阅读这十个习语的定义和例句，然后完成关于eat的习语测试检测你的掌握程度。最后，你可以找一个搭档对这些习语进行讨论。为了掌握更多的习语，你也可以学习文中的习语小故事。
1. eat out = go out to a restaurant
下馆子吃饭
We’re really hungry, but I don’t want to cook dinner. Let’s eat out.
我们真的很饿，但我不想做饭。我们还是去下馆子吧。
Should we eat out tonight?
今晚出去吃怎么样?
2. eat and run = eat very quickly in order to go somewhere else
匆匆吃完饭然后赶往某地
I hate to eat and run, but I have to go to a meeting at 7 o’clock.
我讨厌匆匆吃完就走，但我7点钟有个会议。
Every time they come to visit, they just eat and run. It’s like they don’t want to spend any time with us!
他们每次来的时候，都是匆匆吃完就离开。就好像是根本不想和我们共处一室!
3. eat away at someone = be bothered by something that doesn’t go away
被某事烦扰
I’m really worried about the situation. In fact, it’s eating away at me, and I’m not getting any sleep.
我真的很担心事情的进展。事实上，我深受其扰，无法入睡。
You look worried. What’s eating at you?
你看起来忧心忡忡。什么事情让你如此烦恼?
4. eat high on the hog = eat very well, spend a lot of money on a meal
吃得非常好又奢侈
Tonight, we’re going to eat high on the hog. I hope you’ve brought a healthy appetite.
今晚，我们即将享受丰盛又奢侈的一餐了。我希望你有一个好胃口。
They’re really wealthy. They always eat high on the hog.
他们可真有钱，总是吃得十分奢侈。
5. eat humble pie = be humiliated, made to feel humble
感到屈辱，赔礼道歉
I wasn’t right about the situation and had to eat humble pie in the end.
我没有处理好事情，只能赔礼道歉。
He’s too full of himself. He needs to eat some humble pie.
他太自大了，需要受到挫折。
6. eat like a bird = regularly eat very little
经常吃得很少
She’s very ill and I think it’s partly due to the fact that she eats like a bird.
她病得很厉害，我认为这跟她吃得太少有关。
How do you expect to ever put on weight if you eat like a bird?
你吃得这么少还怎么增肥呢?
7. eat like a horse = regularly eat very much
经常吃得很多
Many football players are encouraged to eat like a horse, especially linemen.
许多足球运动员都提倡多吃饭，尤其是前锋。
I could eat like a horse when I was a kid. Not anymore!
我小的时候饭量很大。那种时候已经一去不回了!
8. eat one’s cake and have it too = be able to have a prize and enjoy it as well
鱼与熊掌不可兼得
She works twelve hours a day and hates being away from home. She hasn’t learned that you can’t eat your cake and have it too.
她每天工作十二个小时，又不想离开家。她不懂得鱼与熊掌不可兼得的道理。
Of course, you can’t eat your cake and have it too. If you want to relax, you’ll have to earn less and live in a smaller home.
当然，鱼与熊掌不可兼得。如果你想休息，挣的钱自然就更少，住的房子也会更小。
9. eat one’s hat = be proved wrong by someone
被某人证实自己是错误的
Andy swore that he wouldn’t make any mistakes. Of course, he had to eat his hat in the end.
安迪发誓他不会犯任何错误。当然，会有人证明他是错的。
I swear that I’ll make you eat your hat about those facts!
我发誓，我会让你知道你是错的!
10. eat one’s words = shown that you were wrong about something
承认错误
She made him eat his words. It was very embarrassing.
她让他承认了错误。这真是太令人尴尬了。
Have you ever had to eat your words?
你承认过错误吗?
Idioms with Eat Quiz
关于eat习语的测验
Use one of the 10 idioms with ’eat’ to complete the blanks. Use either the base form or (eat) the gerund (eating).
从以上十个关于eat的习语中选择一个分别填在空白处。使用原型或动名词形式。
1. This weekend we’re going to ____________! I just got a promotion.
2. I’m afraid I had to ____________ because I had a doctor’s appointment.
3. Mark needs to put on weight, so he must stop ____________.
4. I’m starving! Tonight, I’m going to ____________.[/[en]en]
5. I know you’re wrong! You’ll ____________.
6. I’m very worried these days. I have a lot of things ____________.
7. Some people think actors don’t realize they can’t ____________. If you’re successful like that, paparazzi will bother you.
8. You lied. ____________!
Answers
答案
eat high on the hog / eat out
eat and run
eating like a bird
eat like a horse / eat high on the hog
eat your words / eat your hat
eating away at me
eat their cake and have it too
eat your words / eat your hat
Discussion
讨论
Discuss the following questions with a friend, class mate - or ask yourself!
和你的朋友、同学讨论以下问题。或者自行学习。
Have you ever felt like you were having your cake and eating it too?
你有没有鱼与熊掌不可兼得的经历?
When was the last time you ate out? What did you have?
上次外出吃饭是什么时候?吃了什么?
Have you ever had to eat your words? Why?
你承认过自己的错误吗?为什么?
Do you currently have anything that is eating away at you? What?
最近你有什么心烦的事吗?是什么?
Do you ever eat and run? Why?
你有过匆匆吃晚饭就赶去某地的经历吗?为什么?
