Eat (something or someone) for breakfast spoken language
To win against someone or manage to do something effortlessly.
His claim that he could eat me for breakfast was clearly no idle boast.
Despite his boasts that he ate Maths exercises for breakfast, he couldn't solve the one I asked.
After eating you for breakfast, I will challenge the reigning champion.
To fall suddenly and heavily to the ground
To narrowly succeed or defeat someone in something
To succeed in something by only a small amount
If you say that you carry all before you, you mean that you successfully defeat all of your opponents in a battle or a competition.
1. To defeat or punish someone (A possessive noun stands between"kick" and "ass")
2. To beat one up. (A possessive noun stands between"kick" and "ass")
3. To be very effective or successful.
4. To be excellent.
5. To motivate someone.
The verb "eat" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
To tell someone the truth about something that they had not understood or received false information
I have to set my wife straight about what happened yesterday.