Definition of eat a horse
informal
—used to illustrate that someone is very hungry I didn't eat today and now I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
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“Eat a horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eat%20a%20horse. Accessed 16 Aug. 2022.
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