eat up

aufessen

Das betreffende Essen vollständig essen, ohne etwas übrig zu lassen.

In einfachem Englisch: To eat all of some food.

• Eat up your lunch.
• The children ate up all the cake.
• Have you eaten your vegetables up?

So benutzt man es: eat something up / eat up something (The children ate their lunch up.); eat it/them up (There are two biscuits left; eat them up.)

Synonyme: finish, eat all of

Häufige Wendungen: eat up something, eat something up

aufbrauchen, verschlingen

Viel Geld, Zeit, Platz oder andere verfügbare Mittel verbrauchen.

In einfachem Englisch: To use a large amount of money, time, space, or another resource.

• Rent eats up most of my pay.
• The repairs ate up all our savings.
• These files are eating up the computer’s memory.

So benutzt man es: eat up something / eat something up (Repairs ate up our savings.)

Synonyme: use up, consume, exhaust

Gegenteile: save

Häufige Wendungen: eat up time, eat up money, eat something up

zermürben, innerlich auffressen

Jemanden über längere Zeit durch starke Sorgen, Wut oder Kummer quälen.

In einfachem Englisch: To make someone feel very worried, angry, or upset for a long time.

• Guilt was eating him up.
• Don’t let jealousy eat you up.
• She was eaten up by regret after the argument.

So benutzt man es: eat someone up (Guilt was eating him up.); be eaten up by/with something (She was eaten up with worry.)

Synonyme: torment, consume

Häufige Wendungen: eat someone up, eat up someone

begeistert aufnehmen, verschlingen

Etwas wie Lob, Geschichten oder Unterhaltung mit großem Interesse und Vergnügen aufnehmen.

In einfachem Englisch: To enjoy or take in something with great interest or pleasure.

• The audience ate up her jokes.
• He loves attention and eats it up.
• Her fans ate up every detail of the new book.

So benutzt man es: eat up something / eat something up (The audience ate up his jokes.)

Synonyme: lap up, relish, devour

Häufige Wendungen: eat up praise, eat something up

schlucken, bereitwillig glauben

Alles glauben, was jemand sagt, ohne zu prüfen, ob es wahr ist.

In einfachem Englisch: To believe everything someone says without asking whether it is true.

• He ate up every lie.
• She told a wild story, and they ate it up.
• Why do you eat up everything that salesman says?

So benutzt man es: eat up something / eat something up (He ate up every excuse she offered.)

Synonyme: swallow, buy, believe

Gegenteile: doubt

Häufige Wendungen: eat up lies, eat something up

vor Liebe auffressen wollen

Jemanden so niedlich finden, dass man ihm ganz viel Zuneigung zeigen möchte; scherzhaft gemeint.

In einfachem Englisch: To feel that someone is so cute you want to show great affection.

• You’re so cute I could eat you up!
• Look at those tiny cheeks; I could eat him up.
• She kissed the baby and said she could eat her up.

So benutzt man es: could eat someone/something up (That puppy is so cute I could eat it up.)

Synonyme: adore

Häufige Wendungen: eat someone up, eat something up