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Eat Alive Criticize Severely Angry Eaten Bitten Repeatedly

Phrase/Idiom eat someone alive
Definition If you criticize someone severely because you are angry with them, you eat them alive. (One can also be eaten alive – bitten repeatedly by insects).
Example The manager will eat me alive if I am wrong.

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