Idiom
fill one's face
Meaning
To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is in the kitchen filling his face with cake.”
“After the long hike, we sat down and started filling our faces with sandwiches.”
“Ignoring the formal atmosphere of the gala, the hungry guest retreated to the buffet to fill his face with appetizers.”
Examples
simple
“He is in the kitchen filling his face with cake.”
contextual
“After the long hike, we sat down and started filling our faces with sandwiches.”
complex
“Ignoring the formal atmosphere of the gala, the hungry guest retreated to the buffet to fill his face with appetizers.”
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