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could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck

could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck phrase: am/are/is extremely hungry.

Phrase

could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck

  1. (Australia, slang) Am/are/is extremely hungry.
    • Against all odds we got there, and a marvelous meal it was, even though we were all hungry enough to eat the crotch out of a low-flying duck by that time.1995 January 4, JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS, “ZooFest Report V”, in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet)
    • "'Ken oath, I'm so hungry I could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck," announced Jaime.2001 March 12, Sydney Webb, “Foundation and Huns - Postscript”, in soc.history.what-if (Usenet)

Forms of could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck

alternative formcould eat the arse out of a low flying duck
alternative formcould eat the crutch from a low flying duck

Questions about could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck

What does could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck mean?
Could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck means am/are/is extremely hungry.
What part of speech is could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck?
Could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck is a phrase.

Words near could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck in the dictionary

  1. could care fewer
  2. could care less
  3. could do
  4. could do with
  5. could eat the arse out of a low flying duck
  6. could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck
  7. could eat the crutch from a low flying duck
  8. could fit on the back of a postage stamp
  9. could go all day
  10. could have cared less
  11. could have done with

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