IdiomFood & Drink
English
EnglishI could eat a horse
Meaning: I am extremely hungry.
Example: “We walked all day without lunch, and by six I could eat a horse.”
Origin: A comic exaggeration: hungry enough to eat an entire horse. It is found from the 19th century; its first use has not been traced.
Equivalents in other languages
Spanish: hambre canina Literally: Dog hunger
French: Une faim de loup Literally: A wolf's hunger- French: Crever la dalle Literally: To burst the gullet
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