Idiom
eat up with a spoon
Meaning
To accept (something) very eagerly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He eats up every compliment with a spoon.”
“The politician knows his supporters will eat up his new promises with a spoon.”
“The audience, hungry for validation, ate up the speaker's flattering remarks with a spoon, ignoring the lack of actual substance.”
Examples
simple
“He eats up every compliment with a spoon.”
contextual
“The politician knows his supporters will eat up his new promises with a spoon.”
complex
“The audience, hungry for validation, ate up the speaker's flattering remarks with a spoon, ignoring the lack of actual substance.”
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