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what's eating you
Idioms and Phrases
Also, what's bugging you . What is annoying or bothering you? For example, We've conceded just about every point, so what's eating you now? or You're in a terrible moodâwhat's bugging you? The first slangy term, dating from the late 1800s, presumably uses eat in the sense of âconsumeâ; the colloquial variant, from about 1940, uses bug in the sense of âannoy.â Also see what's with .Example Sentences
âWhatâs eating you?â she said, removing a tray of hot biscuits from the stove.
âWhatâs eating you?â she said.
âWhatâs eating you?â she said.
Grampa could tell I was upset, and before I could slip upstairs to sulk in my room, he said, âHiram, letâs go set in the living room and you can tell me whatâs eating you. Ever since you got home from fishing, youâve looked more miserable than a crawdad in a stew pot.â
âWhatâs eating you, Hank? Have I said somethingââ He took her hand and walked her around to the front of the school building.
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