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I could eat a horse

I could eat a horse phrase: i am very hungry.

i could eat a horse: i am very hungry
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Phrase

I could eat a horse

  1. (excessive, idiomatic) I am very hungry.
    • She said: "I'm starved. I could eat a horse." I told her she was lying, because I had once eaten horse.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 46

Forms of I could eat a horse

alternative formI could eat a brick

Questions about I could eat a horse

What does I could eat a horse mean?
I could eat a horse means i am very hungry.
What part of speech is I could eat a horse?
I could eat a horse is a phrase.

Words near I could eat a horse in the dictionary

  1. I can't swim
  2. I can't thank you enough
  3. I Ching
  4. I choose violence
  5. I could eat a brick
  6. I could eat a horse
  7. I couldn't have said it better myself
  8. I couldn't of said it better myself
  9. I dare be bound
  10. I declare
  11. I did Nazi that coming

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