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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. CRAWLING in the Dark: A Slurry Encore, Chapter 5. AustenInterlude.com. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lMU6. Acesso em: 4 jan. 2025.
2. EAT LIKE A BIRD. In: Food Idioms and Quizzes: Food Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/8t0nq. Acesso em: 16 dez. 2022.
Expressão correlata: eat like a lion ➝ comer como um leão: comer vorazmente.
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1. EAT LIKE A HORSE. In: Horse Idioms and Quizzes: Horse Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/yf3h9o. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2023.
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1. EAT (ONE'S) FILL. In: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.. [S.l.]: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/3dgi2. Acesso em: 8 ago. 2023.
2. STONE, Debbie. Take a cooking class in Buenos Aires for an authentic Argentine experience. Northwest Prime Time, 6 mai. 2024. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lMVe. Acesso em: 4 jan. 2025.
Veja também: eat humble pie.
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1. EAT ONE'S HAT. In: Clothes Idioms and Quizzes: Clothes Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/t9qrpk. Acesso em: 17 fev. 2022.
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1. EAT ONE'S HEART OUT. In: Heart Idioms and Quizzes: Heart Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/hpdg5. Acesso em: 25 set. 2021.
2. SLOW TEASE, Sweet Revenge 8, Totse.com, 18 mai. 1995. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3CNilal. Acesso em: 25 set. 2021.
1. (lit.) ser alimentado pelas mãos de alguém. ✰ "At every piece he put into his mouth, he gave his faithful little dog a bit, who came and ate out of his hand." (Berquin). (Para cada pedaço que ele punha em sua boca, ele dava ao seu fiel cãozinho um bocado, que vinha comer das suas mãos.)
2. (fig.) ser completamente controlado por alguém. ✰ "It was the kind of solo showing off you'd catch someone doing at Guitar Center, but fans ate out of his hand." (Ramirez, 2018). (Era o tipo de exibição de solo que você pegaria alguém fazendo no Guitar Center, mas os admiradores comiam nas mãos dele.)
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1. BERQUIN, Arnaud. The Three Cakes. [S.l.]: Web-Books. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lBC2. Acesso em: 7 dez. 2022.
2. EAT OUT OF someone's hand. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lBC4. Acesso em: 7 dez. 2022.
3. RAMIREZ, Ramon. Metallica triumphs with songs of dark times at its ACL Fest family reunion. Austin American-Statesman, Austin, 6 out. 2018. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lBC6. Acesso em: 7 dez. 2022.
1. (de insetos) "picar alguém muitas vezes"; comer vivo. ✰ "The family of the 35-year-old man who died inside of a jail cell after being eaten alive by bed bugs has reached a $4 million settlement with Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia." (Fofana, 2023). (A família do homem de 35 anos que morreu dentro de uma cela na prisão após ser comido vivo por percevejos chegou a um acordo de US$ 4 milhões com a Fulton County Jail [lit. "Cadeia do Condado de Fulton"], em Atlanta, na Geórgia.)
2. aproveitar-se da fraqueza de outrem; "dominar completamente". ✰ "[Farmers] end up being eaten alive by unscrupulous traders who manipulate sugar prices." (Sunnexdesk, 2010). ([Os agricultores] acabam sendo comidos vivos por comerciantes inescrupulosos que manipulam os preços do açúcar.)
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1. EAT SOMEONE ALIVE. In: Oxford Languages Dictionary and Google. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/koe6s. Acesso em: 28 nov. 2023.
2. FOFANA, Oumou. Family of man who was eaten alive by bed bugs in Fulton County Jail reaches $4 million settlement. Revolt, 4 ago. 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/9u3gw. Acesso em: 28 nov. 2023.
3. SUNNEXDESK. Bacaoco: Visayas production highlights. SunStar, Filipinas, 2 mar. 2010. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/y160l. Acesso em: 28 nov. 2023.
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