Dave Mandl on Nostr: "She ate him for lunch" is an old expression meaning "She kicked his ass." At some ...
"She ate him for lunch" is an old expression meaning "She kicked his ass." At some point I started to hear "She ate his lunch," especially in the business world, a more boring expression I don't really like. Here Harris uses one and a NYT writer uses the other. #Copyediting
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