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     • The phrase I’m so hungry I could eat a horse is a hyperbolic expression much like I’m starving. It means to be ravenous.
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   What is a Famish sentence?

   • b) I could eat a horse, I am famish now. c) I famished my stomach next time you treat me to a meal out. d) I will bring lots of pizza, that's a famish. (a) After the straight exam, I felt too exhausted and famished to eat my favorite foods. Which sentence uses "famish" correctly?

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   What does I'm So Hungry I could eat a horse mean?

   • The phrase I’m so hungry I could eat a horse is a hyperbolic expression much like I’m starving. It means to be ravenous. Could eat a horse definition. What is the meaning of I could eat a horse?

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   What does I could eat a horse mean?

   • The popular expression I could eat a horse meaning that you are very hungry appears to be from the early 19 th century according to Google Books. One early usage example I could find is from 1824: From: The miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett by Tobias George Smollett: (1824) "for I be so hoongry, I could eat a horse behind the saddle."

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   Does 'I could eat a horse' exemplify extreme hunger?

   • So the phrase better exemplified extreme hunger, vs "I could eat a cow" or some such. I believe ‘I could eat a horse’ is vastly older than has been acknowledged here. Any large Scandinavian and prolly North German supermarket will sell you horse meat and there are three caveats to that.

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   Why would you eat a horse behind the saddle?

   • "for I be so hoongry, I could eat a horse behind the saddle." The expression is clearly a hyperbole but it is not clear why "a horse" has become the animal associated with being extremely hungry, rather than a cow for instance. Questions: What's the origin of the above saying? Was it originally a BrE or an AmE expression?

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   Are horses still valuable?

   • The third is simply that horses are still, and historically were much more valuable. For large parts of history owning a horse was a lot like owning a Mercedes today; owning a horse and carriage, more like owning a Rolls Royce.

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   1. Which sentence uses “famish” correctly? 1. After the straight exam, I felt too exhausted and famished to eat my favourite foods. 2. I could eat a horse, I am famish now. 3. I famished my stomach next time you treat me to a meal out. 4. I will bring lots of pizza, that’s a famish.

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   I’m So Hungry I Could Eat a Horse Meaning. Definition: I am extremely hungry. Sometimes elephant appears as a substitute for horse in this idiom. Origin of So Hungry I Could Eat a Horse. This sentence is an example of a hyperbole. A hyperbolic statement is a greatly exaggerated statement that a person uses in a non-literal manner.

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