After pointing out his teacher's mistake, he smiled 'like the cat that ate the canary'.
The failure of his business has 'eaten away at' his confidence.
I thought the speech was stupid, but the audience 'ate it up'.
(..) - What did you do with the princess? - Donkey, I'm the princess. - - It's me, in this body. Oh, my God! You ate the princess! - Can you hear me? - Donkey! - Listen, keep breathing! I'll get you out ofthere! - No! (..)2001 Shrek
(..) That was really scary. 'cause you defiinitely need some Tic Tacs or something, 'cause your breath stinks! just like the time-- Then I ate some rotten berries. I had strong gases eking out of my butt that day. Why are you following me? I'll tell you why. 'Cause I'm all alone (..)2001 Shrek