"I could eat a horse" meaning in English

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  1. (idiomatic, hyperbolic) I am very hungry; short form of "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse." Tags: excessive, idiomatic Synonyms: I could eat a brick Hypernyms: I'm hungry Related terms: eat like a horse Translations (I am very hungry): гладен съм като вълк (gladen sǎm kato vǎlk) (Bulgarian), умирам от глад (umiram ot glad) (Bulgarian), tinc una fam de llop (Catalan), 我餓死了 (Chinese Mandarin), 我饿死了 (wǒ èsǐ le) (Chinese Mandarin), mám hlad jako vlk (Czech), jeg er skrupsulten (Danish), Ik heb berenhonger (Dutch), Ik heb reuzenhonger (Dutch), voisin syödä vaikka hevosen (Finnish), j’ai une faim de loup (French), teño moita fame (Galician), ich habe Hunger wie ein Bär (German), ich habe Hunger wie ein Wolf (German), πεινάω σαν λύκος (peináo san lýkos) (Greek), farkaséhes vagyok (Hungarian), ég er glorhungraður [masculine] (Icelandic), ég er glor [masculine] (Icelandic), 腹ペコ (harapeko) [informal] (Japanese), おなかペコペコ (onaka pekopeko) [colloquial, informal] (Japanese), es varētu apēst zirgu (Latvian), jeg er sulten som en ulv (english: I'm hungry as a wolf) (Norwegian), zjadłbym konia z kopytami (english: lit.: I would eat a horse, including hoofs) [masculine] (Polish), jestem głodny jak wilk (english: I'm hungry as a wolf) [masculine] (Polish), eu poderia comer um cavalo (Portuguese), am o foame de lup (Romanian), я быка́ бы съел (ja byká by sʺjel) (english: lit.: I would eat a bull) [masculine] (Russian), я быка́ бы съе́ла (ja byká by sʺjéla) [feminine] (Russian), я го́лоден как волк (ja góloden kak volk) (english: I'm hungry as a wolf) [masculine] (Russian), я голодна́ как волк (ja golodná kak volk) [feminine] (Russian), tengo más hambre que el perro de un ciego (Spanish), jag är hungrig som en varg (Swedish), o kadar açım ki tek oturuşta bir kuzu yiyebilirim (english: lit.: I'm so hungry, I could eat a lamb for a single meal) (Turkish)
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          "sense": "I am very hungry",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "I'm hungry as a wolf",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ja góloden kak volk",
      "sense": "I am very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "я го́лоден как волк"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ja golodná kak volk",
      "sense": "I am very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "я голодна́ как волк"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "I am very hungry",
      "word": "tengo más hambre que el perro de un ciego"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "I am very hungry",
      "word": "jag är hungrig som en varg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "english": "lit.: I'm so hungry, I could eat a lamb for a single meal",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "I am very hungry",
      "word": "o kadar açım ki tek oturuşta bir kuzu yiyebilirim"
    }
  ],
  "word": "I could eat a horse"
}

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