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Idiom

leave no crumbs

Meaning

Ellipsis of eat and leave no crumbs.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“She sang that song perfectly and left no crumbs.”

“The chef prepared a delicious meal, and the guests left no crumbs on their plates.”

“Her performance was so flawless and captivating that she truly left no crumbs for any other artist to follow.”

Examples

simple

“She sang that song perfectly and left no crumbs.”

contextual

“The chef prepared a delicious meal, and the guests left no crumbs on their plates.”

complex

“Her performance was so flawless and captivating that she truly left no crumbs for any other artist to follow.”

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