eat up

mangiare tutto, finire

Mangiare tutto il cibo, senza lasciarne.

In inglese semplice: To eat all of some food.

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

Come si usa: eat something up / eat up something (The children ate their lunch up.); eat it/them up (There are two biscuits left; eat them up.)

Sinonimi: finish, eat all of

Espressioni comuni: eat up something, eat something up

consumare, esaurire

Usare molto denaro, tempo, spazio o altre risorse.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: eat up something / eat something up (Repairs ate up our savings.)

Sinonimi: use up, consume, exhaust

Contrari: save

Espressioni comuni: eat up time, eat up money, eat something up

tormentare, consumare

Far soffrire a lungo qualcuno con forti preoccupazioni, rabbia o tristezza.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: eat someone up (Guilt was eating him up.); be eaten up by/with something (She was eaten up with worry.)

Sinonimi: torment, consume

Espressioni comuni: eat someone up, eat up someone

godersi, divorare

Apprezzare o assorbire qualcosa con grande interesse e piacere, come elogi, storie o spettacoli.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: eat up something / eat something up (The audience ate up his jokes.)

Sinonimi: lap up, relish, devour

Espressioni comuni: eat up praise, eat something up

bersi, credere ciecamente

Credere a tutto ciò che qualcuno dice senza chiedersi se sia vero.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: eat up something / eat something up (He ate up every excuse she offered.)

Sinonimi: swallow, buy, believe

Contrari: doubt

Espressioni comuni: eat up lies, eat something up

mangiare di baci

Trovare qualcuno così tenero da volerlo riempire di affetto; si dice scherzosamente.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: could eat someone/something up (That puppy is so cute I could eat it up.)

Sinonimi: adore

Espressioni comuni: eat someone up, eat something up