Eat like a horse
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 5To eat too much
बहुत ज़्यादा खाना
He eats like a horse and works like two.
Eats like a horse is a description and not a complaint.
Daily use: Iska matlab bahut zyada khana.
घोड़ा बड़ा होता है और दिन भर चरता रहता है, इसलिए बहुत खाता है। Eat like a horse यानी बहुत ज़्यादा खाना। इसका उल्टा है 'eat like a bird', यानी बहुत कम खाना।
A horse is big and keeps grazing all day, so it eats a great deal. To eat like a horse is to eat too much. Its opposite is 'eat like a bird', which means to eat very little.
कई बार पूछा गया है; answer है 'to eat a great deal'। 'Ravenous' और 'voracious' इसके पास के adjectives हैं, जबकि 'eat like a bird' opposite है।
Asked several times; the answer is 'to eat a great deal'. 'Ravenous' and 'voracious' are close adjectives, while 'eat like a bird' is the opposite.