Consequently, could Eat a Horse meaning?
Meaning. to be extremely hungry. Often used in conjunction with the phrase "I am so hungry that I could eat a horse"
One may also ask, what does she eats like a pig mean? eat like a pig. INFORMAL. If someone eats like a pig, they eat a lot of food, often in a greedy or unpleasant manner.
Similarly one may ask, where did the saying I could eat a horse come from?
2 Answers. The earliest instance of this expression that I have been able to find is from John Ray, A Collection of English Proverbs (1678), which has this entry (without further comment): He is so hungry, he could eat a horse behind the saddle.
What does you eat like a bird mean?
eat like a bird. Eat very little, as in Jan is very thin-she eats like a bird. This simile alludes to the mistaken impression that birds don't eat much (they actually do, relative to their size), and dates from the first half of the 1900s.
