eat alive

Meaning

1. Oxford38% of films

   to defeat sb completely in an argument, a competition, etc.

   Promise not to eat her alive.

2. Oxford25% of films

   to bite sb many times

In the movies · 7

• This mortgage is eating me alive. I'm drowning in debt.Auto Focus2002
• [ Laughter ]Friends: The Reunion2021
• They'll eat me alive. [chuckles dryly]The Suicide Squad2021
• She'll eat him alive.Almost Famous2000
• Promise not to eat her alive.The Theory of Everything2014
• Those Reavers'll eat us alive...Serenity2005
• The press is going to eat me alive.The Game Plan2007
• You can't do this. They'll eat him alive in there.Moonrise Kingdom2012

Learn it in full scenes

• Auto Focus2002
  • Lenny Pitches Bob a Sitcom
  • Anne Confronts Bob About the Magazines
  • Bob Meets the VTR Salesman
• Friends: The Reunion2021
  • The Cast Returns to the Set
  • The Friends Cast Reunites On Stage
  • The Cast Reunites at the Fountain

From the same entry

• eat, drink and be merry
• eat your heart out
• eat your heart out
• eat humble pie
• eat like a horse
• eat out of your hand
• eat out of house and home
• eat your words
• I could eat a horse
• I'll eat my hat
• what's eating him
• have your cake and eat it