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.
下面是英語中關于動詞eat的十個習語。閱讀這十個習語的定義和例句，然后完成關于eat的習語測試檢測你的掌握程度。最后，你可以找一個搭檔對這些習語進行討論。為了掌握更多的習語，你也可以學習文中的習語小故事。
1. eat out = go out to a restaurant
下館子吃飯
We’re really hungry, but I don’t want to cook dinner. Let’s eat out.
我們真的很餓，但我不想做飯。我們還是去下館子吧。
Should we eat out tonight?
今晚出去吃怎么樣?
2. eat and run = eat very quickly in order to go somewhere else
匆匆吃完飯然后趕往某地
I hate to eat and run, but I have to go to a meeting at 7 o’clock.
我討厭匆匆吃完就走，但我7點鐘有個會議。
Every time they come to visit, they just eat and run. It’s like they don’t want to spend any time with us!
他們每次來的時候，都是匆匆吃完就離開。就好像是根本不想和我們共處一室!
3. eat away at someone = be bothered by something that doesn’t go away
被某事煩擾
I’m really worried about the situation. In fact, it’s eating away at me, and I’m not getting any sleep.
我真的很擔心事情的進展。事實上，我深受其擾，無法入睡。
You look worried. What’s eating at you?
你看起來憂心忡忡。什么事情讓你如此煩惱?
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，我們即將享受豐盛又奢侈的一餐了。我希望你有一個好胃口。
They’re really wealthy. They always eat high on the hog.
他們可真有錢，總是吃得十分奢侈。
5. eat humble pie = be humiliated, made to feel humble
感到屈辱，賠禮道歉
I wasn’t right about the situation and had to eat humble pie in the end.
我沒有處理好事情，只能賠禮道歉。
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
經常吃得很少
She’s very ill and I think it’s partly due to the fact that she eats like a bird.
她病得很厲害，我認為這跟她吃得太少有關。
How do you expect to ever put on weight if you eat like a bird?
你吃得這么少還怎么增肥呢?
7. eat like a horse = regularly eat very much
經常吃得很多
Many football players are encouraged to eat like a horse, especially linemen.
許多足球運動員都提倡多吃飯，尤其是前鋒。
I could eat like a horse when I was a kid. Not anymore!
我小的時候飯量很大。那種時候已經一去不回了!
8. eat one’s cake and have it too = be able to have a prize and enjoy it as well
魚與熊掌不可兼得
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.
她每天工作十二個小時，又不想離開家。她不懂得魚與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.
當然，魚與熊掌不可兼得。如果你想休息，掙的錢自然就更少，住的房子也會更小。
9. eat one’s hat = be proved wrong by someone
被某人證實自己是錯誤的
Andy swore that he wouldn’t make any mistakes. Of course, he had to eat his hat in the end.
安迪發誓他不會犯任何錯誤。當然，會有人證明他是錯的。
I swear that I’ll make you eat your hat about those facts!
我發誓，我會讓你知道你是錯的!
10. eat one’s words = shown that you were wrong about something
承認錯誤
She made him eat his words. It was very embarrassing.
她讓他承認了錯誤。這真是太令人尷尬了。
Have you ever had to eat your words?
你承認過錯誤嗎?
Idioms with Eat Quiz
關于eat習語的測驗
Use one of the 10 idioms with ’eat’ to complete the blanks. Use either the base form or (eat) the gerund (eating).
從以上十個關于eat的習語中選擇一個分別填在空白處。使用原型或動名詞形式。
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
討論
Discuss the following questions with a friend, class mate - or ask yourself!
和你的朋友、同學討論以下問題。或者自行學習。
Have you ever felt like you were having your cake and eating it too?
你有沒有魚與熊掌不可兼得的經歷?
When was the last time you ate out? What did you have?
上次外出吃飯是什么時候?吃了什么?
Have you ever had to eat your words? Why?
你承認過自己的錯誤嗎?為什么?
Do you currently have anything that is eating away at you? What?
最近你有什么心煩的事嗎?是什么?
Do you ever eat and run? Why?
你有過匆匆吃晚飯就趕去某地的經歷嗎?為什么?
