Timeline for Someone who "eats like a ..." is someone who eats a lot or has a huge appetite

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Oct 27, 2014 at 1:19	comment	added	Tony Arra		@HotLicks that makes some sense since realistically no one actually WANTS to eat a horse. Although I'm tempted to eat the entire polite pig when particularly peckish.
Oct 27, 2014 at 0:23	comment	added	Hot Licks		IIRC, at least some "authorities" state that "eat a horse" is sort of a hyperbole derived from "eat like a horse", the implication being that if eating like a horse is eating a lot, actually eating the horse is eating even more.
Oct 26, 2014 at 20:23	comment	added	Drew		Poor pigs. Always maligned, no matter how daintily they eat their oatmeal or crumpets at table.
Oct 26, 2014 at 19:33	comment	added	barbecue		If the person eating the oatmeal was doing so in a sloppy, noisy and messy manner, getting splashes of oatmeal on their face and the surrounding area, then yes, they would be eating like a pig. If they were merely eating quicky and in large volumes, eating like a horse would be more appropriate. BTW I used oatmeal because it's not a fancy or expensive food, generally not something you'd regard as fine dining. I wasn't thinking in terms of horses and oats.
Oct 26, 2014 at 18:51	comment	added	Tony Arra		@barbecue I'm not sure if I'd call someone scarfing down oatmeal a "pig" either...possibly a horse because horses eat oats.
Oct 26, 2014 at 18:09	comment	added	barbecue		To "eat like a King" suggests that you're eating very well, not merely large quantities. Someone who eats like a king is probably having carefully prepared meals with expensive ingredients. Nobody would say that someone who ate a huge amount of oatmeal was "eating like a King."
Oct 26, 2014 at 18:03	history	edited	Tony Arra	CC BY-SA 3.0	edited body
Oct 26, 2014 at 17:58	history	answered	Tony Arra	CC BY-SA 3.0