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to have a sweet tooth
/hæv ɐ swˈiːt tˈuːθ/
phrase
to be attracted to food that contains a lot of sugar
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hollow leg
/hˈɑːloʊ lˈɛɡ/
noun
the capacity or ability to consume an excessive amount of food or drink, particularly alcoholic ones
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the munchies
/ðə mˈʌntʃɪz/
noun
an abrupt and strong desire to eat something
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sb
can / could eat a horse
/ˌɛsbˈiː kæn kʊd ˈiːt ɐ hˈɔːɹs/
sentence
used to say that one is overwhelemed by the sense of hunger and is willing to quench it the first chance one gets
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to make
one's
mouth water
/mˌeɪk wˈʌnz mˈaʊθ wˈɔːɾɚ/
phrase
to feel excessive and uncontrollable hunger when seeing, smelling, or even thinking of a delicious food or drink
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one's
eyes are bigger than
one's
stomach / belly
/wˈʌnz ˈaɪz ɑːɹ bˈɪɡɚ ðɐn wˈʌnz stˈʌmək bˈɛli/
sentence
used to describe a greedy person who takes more food than they could possibly finish
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to whet
one's
appetite
/wˈɛt wˈʌnz ˈæpɪtˌaɪt/
phrase
to severely increase one's desire for food
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to get stuck in / into
/ɡɛt stˈʌk ɪn ˌɪntʊ/
phrase
to start with much enthusiasm
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sb
could murder
sth
/ˌɛsbˈiː kʊd mˈɜːdɚ ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
sentence
used to tell someone that they are eating or drinking too much of something
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(as) full as a tick
/æz fˈʊl æz ɐ tˈɪk/
phrase
no longer able to eat due to having a full stomach
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to melt in
one's
mouth
/mˈɛlt ɪn wˈʌnz mˈaʊθ/
phrase
(of food) to be really tasty and require not much chewing
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