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what's eating

what's eating phrase: what is wrong with...? What is the problem with... (somebody)? Inquired regarding somebody who seems upset, worried, angry, etc.

Phrase

what's eating?

  1. (idiomatic) What is wrong with...? What is the problem with... (somebody)? Inquired regarding somebody who seems upset, worried, angry, etc.
    • What's eating him? I've never seen him this worked up over anything before.

Questions about what's eating

What does what's eating mean?
What's eating means what is wrong with...? What is the problem with... (somebody)? Inquired regarding somebody who seems upset, worried, angry, etc.
What part of speech is what's eating?
What's eating is a phrase.

Words near what's eating in the dictionary

  1. what's crappenin'
  2. what's crappening
  3. what's doing
  4. what's done cannot be undone
  5. what's done is done
  6. what's eating
  7. what's eating you
  8. what's going on
  9. what's good
  10. what's good for the goose is good for the gander
  11. what's gwan

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