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I could eat a horse
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English
Alternative forms
en I could eat a brick
Pronunciation
en en-au-I could eat a horse.ogg AU
Phrase
phr
en idiomatic hyperbole I am very hungry.
en I'm hungry
en 1946 George Johnston Skyscrapers in the Mist 46 She said: "I'm starved. I could eat a horse." I told her she was lying, because I had once eaten horse.
Translations
I am very hungry
Arabic: ar
Bulgarian: bg гладен съм като вълк, bg умирам от глад
Catalan: ca tinc una fam de llop
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 我餓死了 wǒ èsǐ le
Czech: cs mám hlad jako vlk
Danish: da jeg er skrupsulten
Dutch: nl Ik heb berenhonger, nl Ik heb reuzenhonger
Finnish: fi voisin syödä vaikka hevosen
French: fr avoir une faim de loup j'ai une faim de loup
Galician: gl teño moita fame
German: de ich habe Hunger wie ein Bär, de ich habe Hunger wie ein Wolf
Greek: el πεινάω σαν λύκος
Hungarian: hu farkaséhes vagyok I'm hungry as a wolf
Icelandic: is ég er glorhungraður m, is ég er glor m
Japanese: ja 腹ペコ harapeko informal, ja おなかペコペコ onaka pekopeko colloquial, informal
Latvian: lv es varētu apēst zirgu
Norwegian: I'm hungry as a wolf no jeg er sulten som en ulv
Polish: pl zjeść konia z kopytami pf
Portuguese: pt eu poderia comer um cavalo
Romanian: ro am o foame de lup
Russian: lit.: I would eat a bull ru я быка́ бы съел m, ru я быка́ бы съе́ла f, I'm hungry as a wolf ru я го́лоден как волк m, ru я голодна́ как волк f
Spanish: es tengo más hambre que el perro de un ciego
Swedish: sv jag är hungrig som en varg
Turkish: lit.: I'm so hungry, I could eat a lamb for a single meal tr o kadar açım ki tek oturuşta bir kuzu yiyebilirim
See also
en eat like a horse
en hippophagous
en phrasebook sentences