Idiom
what's eating
Meaning
What is wrong with...? What is the problem with... (somebody)? Inquired regarding somebody who seems upset, worried, angry, etc.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You seem angry today. What is eating you?”
“You have been quiet all morning, so tell me, what is eating you?”
“Observing his uncharacteristic irritability during the meeting, she leaned over and whispered, asking him what was eating him.”
Examples
simple
“You seem angry today. What is eating you?”
contextual
“You have been quiet all morning, so tell me, what is eating you?”
complex
“Observing his uncharacteristic irritability during the meeting, she leaned over and whispered, asking him what was eating him.”
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