eat up

manger entièrement, finir

Manger toute la nourriture concernée, sans rien laisser.

En anglais simple : To eat all of some food.

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

Comment l'utiliser : eat something up / eat up something (The children ate their lunch up.); eat it/them up (There are two biscuits left; eat them up.)

Synonymes : finish, eat all of

Expressions courantes : eat up something, eat something up

absorber, épuiser

Utiliser une grande quantité d’argent, de temps, d’espace ou d’autres ressources.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : eat up something / eat something up (Repairs ate up our savings.)

Synonymes : use up, consume, exhaust

Contraires : save

Expressions courantes : eat up time, eat up money, eat something up

ronger, tourmenter

Faire souffrir longtemps quelqu’un en le remplissant d’inquiétude, de colère ou de tristesse.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : eat someone up (Guilt was eating him up.); be eaten up by/with something (She was eaten up with worry.)

Synonymes : torment, consume

Expressions courantes : eat someone up, eat up someone

se délecter de, dévorer

Apprécier vivement quelque chose, comme des compliments, des histoires ou un spectacle.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : eat up something / eat something up (The audience ate up his jokes.)

Synonymes : lap up, relish, devour

Expressions courantes : eat up praise, eat something up

gober, avaler

Croire tout ce que quelqu’un raconte sans se demander si c’est vrai.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : eat up something / eat something up (He ate up every excuse she offered.)

Synonymes : swallow, buy, believe

Contraires : doubt

Expressions courantes : eat up lies, eat something up

croquer de tendresse

Trouver quelqu’un si mignon qu’on veut lui montrer beaucoup d’affection, en parlant avec tendresse.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : could eat someone/something up (That puppy is so cute I could eat it up.)

Synonymes : adore

Expressions courantes : eat someone up, eat something up