comer
eat ; graze (on) ; dine ; munch ; nosh.
Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.
Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.
They drove from the airport to the restaurant where he was to dine with the president of the 'Friends of the Library' group.
People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.
Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.
comer a dos carrillos
stuff + Posesivo + face
stuff + Reflexivo + with
We got stuck waiting for a train back for almost two hours, so we sat in a country pub in the arse of nowhere, stuffing our faces and playing dominoess.
As soon as he had stuffed himself with a host of good dishes, he began to leap and spring, to laugh and to fart like a little ass well stuffed with barley.
comer Algo para matar el gusanillo
eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going
Young children need to eat small amounts every three hours to get enough energy to keep them going.
comer carroña
scavenging
The dominant scavengers at all locations were magpies, bald eagles, golden eagles, turkey vultures, red-tailed hawks, black bears, and probably elk and bison also participated in scavenging.
comer como una lima
eat like + a horse
She can eat like a horse and never put on weight.
comer como un animal
eat like + an animal
I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy - I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks.
comer como una vaca
eat like + a horse
She can eat like a horse and never put on weight.
comer como un pajarito
eat like + a bird
If someone says you eat like a bird, you might consider going on a diet since most birds eat 25 to 50 percent of their body weight daily.
comer como un sabañón
eat like + a horse
She can eat like a horse and never put on weight.
comer con apetito
eat with + appetite
Concerning these categories, parents should ask whether their child usually falls asleep easily and wakes up rested; eats with appetite; and has bowel and bladder control, especially during the day.
comer demasiado
overeat
Avoid calorie-rich diet, don't overeat.
comer en casa
eat in
The article is entitled 'Getting on the Internet: eating in or dining out?'.
comer en exceso
overeat
Avoid calorie-rich diet, don't overeat.
comer excesivamente
overeat
Avoid calorie-rich diet, don't overeat.
comer fuera
eat out
If you consider eating out a couple times a week a necessity rather than a lark, you aren't cut out for living on a shoestring.
comerle el coco a Alguien
brainwash
'Boy, have you been brainwashed! You've been taken in by the tobacco industry', she said = Ella dijo: "¡Chico, te han lavado el cerebro! la industrial del tabaco te ha timado".
comerle el coño a Alguien
eat + Posesivo + cunt
eat + Posesivo + pussy
She said she wants to lick my nipples then have me eat her cunt.
She began with a blowjob and the guy returned the favor by eating her cunt.
comerle el tarro a Alguien
brainwash
'Boy, have you been brainwashed! You've been taken in by the tobacco industry', she said = Ella dijo: "¡Chico, te han lavado el cerebro! la industrial del tabaco te ha timado".
comer saludable
eat + healthfully
eat + healthy
eat + healthily
It's resolution time again, and first on your list is to lose weight and eat more healthfully.
Eating healthy doesn't have to cost more.
Eating healthily doesn't mean living on a diet of green beans and carrot juice, and can involve eating a rich variety of some of your favourite foods.
comer saludablemente
eat + healthfully
eat + healthy
eat + healthily
It's resolution time again, and first on your list is to lose weight and eat more healthfully.
Eating healthy doesn't have to cost more.
Eating healthily doesn't mean living on a diet of green beans and carrot juice, and can involve eating a rich variety of some of your favourite foods.
comer sanamente
eat + healthfully
eat + healthy
eat + healthily
It's resolution time again, and first on your list is to lose weight and eat more healthfully.
Eating healthy doesn't have to cost more.
Eating healthily doesn't mean living on a diet of green beans and carrot juice, and can involve eating a rich variety of some of your favourite foods.
comer sano
eat + healthfully
eat + healthy
eat + healthily
It's resolution time again, and first on your list is to lose weight and eat more healthfully.
Eating healthy doesn't have to cost more.
Eating healthily doesn't mean living on a diet of green beans and carrot juice, and can involve eating a rich variety of some of your favourite foods.
comerse
make + a meal of
prey on/upon
chew up
eat into
eat into
Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.
In the semi-arid central plateau, tortoises are commonly preyed upon by raptors, some of which roost on ledges in the backs of small rock shelters.
Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.
When your customers are slow to pay, it forces you to eat into your cash reserves to pay for raw goods and salaries.
As termites begin to eat into wood structures, the weakened structure of the wood will cause floors to creak with more frequency.
comerse Algo vivo
eat + Nombre + alive
Florida's slogan should be 'The only place you can be eaten alive by mosquitoes while you enjoy rain every day'.
comerse con los ojos
ogle
give + Nombre + the eye
make + eyes at
eye + Nombre + up
The skirt she is wearing is too short & unless she wants all the men in the room to ogle her chest she needs to do up another button.
Rapists often try to blame the victim for dressing too provocatively or 'giving them the eye'.
I found myself next to a red-headed gal who, it turned out, wanted nothing to do with me but make eyes at my pal.
He blinked, his eyes suddenly moving on their own, eyeing her up, her long legs, her voluptuous hips, her large breasts.
comerse el coco
rack + Posesivo + brains
She racked her brains for a way out but could not find anything successful.
comerse el tarro
dwell on/upon
rack + Posesivo + brains
One of the best things you can do for your peace of mind is to learn how to stop dwelling on the errors of the past.
She racked her brains for a way out but could not find anything successful.
comerse las uñas
bite + Posesivo + fingers
bite + Posesivo + fingernails
I have been reading his post for a long time and I have been biting my fingers to keep from basting him.
Darling was described as one of the most nervous first-class cricketers, often biting his fingernails before he went out to bat.
comerse los restos de
scavenge
These include watching out for people scavenging through discarded materials and making sure that deleted files on floppy disks are truly erased.
comerse los restos dejados por otro
scavenge
These include watching out for people scavenging through discarded materials and making sure that deleted files on floppy disks are truly erased.
comérselo todo
eat + Posesivo + way through
After demolishing the cakes and sandwiches, pots of tea and buns laid on the table, he proceeded to eat his way through the contents of the fridge.
como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer
a dog in the manger
What is meant by the phrase 'a dog in the manger'?.
con ganas de comer algo
peckish
During Ramadan, Muslims can only eat during the the hours of darkness, when the faithful, understandably peckish, tend to raid the larder.
dar de comer [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio fed]
feed
On one occasion we were also printing on our days off which meant that the journeymen had to be fed and paid overtime.
descanso para comer
meal break
There is a noticeable number of patrons who stayed at the library for many hours and make extensive use of rest areas for meal breaks, to phone home, to discuss research projects, and to perform other tasks.
estar para comérselo
look like + a million bucks
look like + a million dollars
look + delicious
look + yummy
She looked like a million bucks when she walked the red carpet for the opening ceremony of the Film Festival last night.
So follow the example of the Hollywood elite this year and enjoy feeling fabulous and looking like a million dollars.
Have you ever bought anything that looked delicious and were disappointed when you tasted it?.
They say I look yummy and they want a taste, but I'm a human not a sandwhich.
estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer
moreish
Public health research also stands to gain if we can understand why certain foods are so moreish.
ganas de comer
appetite
We need to know what and how consumers' information appetites have changed.
hora de comer
mealtime [meal time]
Comments were made on the starting time of the conference, mealtimes, the quality of speakers and the subject of next conference.
juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer
made for each other
be two of a kind
be a right pair
The article is entitled 'The perfect match - parasite & host: made for each other'.
On the surface, they're like oil and water, but deep down, they're two of a kind.
They're a right pair, always getting into trouble with the family with whom they live.
lugar para comer
eating facility
Minimum requirements for all programs are locker space, dressing rooms, library and reference materials, and eating facilities.
morder la mano del que + dar de comer
bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre
Moreover, it frees them from the fear that if they rattle the cages of city authorities they will be accused of biting the hand that feeds them.
naranja de comer
eating orange
Navel oranges from California are probably the best eating oranges in the world.
no tener ganas de comer
be off + Posesivo + food
be off + Posesivo + oats
Her period of madness is characterised by being off her food, by refusing to prepare food, and by silence.
Anyhow, family - including my darling niece and nephew, who were a little bit off their oats when I arrived.
para comérselo
cuddly [cuddlier -comp., cuddliest -sup.]
Duck-billed platypus, a semi aquatic mammal, is a soft and cuddly creature, but can also knock you senseless if you venture too close.
perder las ganas de comer
go off + Posesivo + food
go off + Posesivo + oats
The vet came out again three weeks ago when she last went off her food and she had a shot of penicillin and has been fine since too.
I have a friend who, as soon as she is under stress, goes off her oats, and gets all pale.
ponerlo todo perdido al comer
be a messy eater
Our chickens are such messy eaters - they throw more of their food on the floor than they swallow.
ponerse a comer
dig into
tuck into
As I sipped my ice cold water and dug into the salad I had the feeling I was being watched.
I enjoyed seeing everyone so happy sharing their stories and tucking into the food and drink we laid on for the 40 or so people who had come.
quitarle a Alguien las ganas de comer
put + Nombre + off + Posesivo +`food
put + Nombre + off + Posesivo + oats
In the summer of 2001, Toby our cat became seriously ill with a severe ear infection that put him off his food.
We trust the news he's just received won't put him off his oats.
quitársele a Uno las ganas de comer
go off + Posesivo + food
go off + Posesivo + oats
The vet came out again three weeks ago when she last went off her food and she had a shot of penicillin and has been fine since too.
I have a friend who, as soon as she is under stress, goes off her oats, and gets all pale.
salir a comer
eat out
If you consider eating out a couple times a week a necessity rather than a lark, you aren't cut out for living on a shoestring.
ser muy delicado para comer
be a picky eater
be a fussy eater
You shouldn't cook special meals just for a picky eater, but do include something he or she likes in every meal.
Good news is that my dinner was a class act, and they even got the steak perfect, which is a feat for such a fussy eater like me.
ser muy melindroso para comer
be a picky eater
be a fussy eater
You shouldn't cook special meals just for a picky eater, but do include something he or she likes in every meal.
Good news is that my dinner was a class act, and they even got the steak perfect, which is a feat for such a fussy eater like me.
ser muy tiquismiquis para comer
be a picky eater
be a fussy eater
You shouldn't cook special meals just for a picky eater, but do include something he or she likes in every meal.
Good news is that my dinner was a class act, and they even got the steak perfect, which is a feat for such a fussy eater like me.
sin comerlo ni beberlo
without having anything to do with it
You can always say you've been changed, but really, September 11 is the first thing that changed me without having anything to do with it.
sin comérselo ni bebérselo
without having anything to do with it
without asking for it
You can always say you've been changed, but really, September 11 is the first thing that changed me without having anything to do with it.
chances that you will get what you need without asking for it are pretty slim.
somos lo que comemos
we are what we eat
In this world of instant gratification and overindulgence we lose sight of the fact that we are what we eat.
tú te lo guisas, tú te lo comes
you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!
After all, "you've made your bed, now you must lie in it," so there's no sense complaining.
