eat someone alive

Related to word: eat

Idiom

Definition

  1. To criticize someone severely and angrily.

    獏剪

    • If we make any mistakes in the report, the boss will eat us alive.

      如果我们在报告中犯了任何错误,老板会把我们生吞活剥。

    • The political commentator completely destroyed his opponent in the debate; he practically ate him alive.

      政治评论员在辩论中彻底摧毁了他的对手;他几乎把他生吞活剥了。

    • She felt like she was eaten alive by her colleagues for bringing up an immature idea in the meeting.

      她覺得自己在會議中提出了一個不成熟的點子,被同事們生吞活剝了。