Phrase guide

I could eat a horse

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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phrase

Meaning 1

I am very hungry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: excessive, idiomatic

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: гладен съм като вълк (gladen sǎm kato vǎlk) — I am very hungry
  • Bulgarian: умирам от глад (umiram ot glad) — I am very hungry
  • Catalan: tinc una fam de llop — I am very hungry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 我餓死了 /我饿死了 (wǒ èsǐ le) — I am very hungry
  • Czech: mám hlad jako vlk — I am very hungry
  • Danish: jeg er skrupsulten — I am very hungry
  • Dutch: Ik heb berenhonger — I am very hungry
  • Dutch: Ik heb reuzenhonger — I am very hungry
  • Finnish: voisin syödä vaikka hevosen — I am very hungry
  • French: j'ai une faim de loup — I am very hungry
  • Galician: teño moita fame — I am very hungry
  • German: ich habe Hunger wie ein Bär — I am very hungry
  • German: ich habe Hunger wie ein Wolf — I am very hungry
  • Greek: πεινάω σαν λύκος (peináo san lýkos) — I am very hungry
  • Hungarian: farkaséhes vagyok — I am very hungry
  • Icelandic: ég er glorhungraður — I am very hungry
  • Icelandic: ég er glor — I am very hungry
  • Japanese: 腹ペコ (harapeko) — I am very hungry
  • Japanese: おなかペコペコ (onaka pekopeko) — I am very hungry
  • Latvian: es varētu apēst zirgu — I am very hungry
  • Norwegian: jeg er sulten som en ulv — I am very hungry
  • Polish: zjeść konia z kopytami — I am very hungry
  • Portuguese: eu poderia comer um cavalo — I am very hungry
  • Romanian: am o foame de lup — I am very hungry
  • Russian: я быка́ бы съел (ja byká by sʺjel) — I am very hungry
  • Russian: я быка́ бы съе́ла (ja byká by sʺjéla) — I am very hungry
  • Russian: я го́лоден как волк (ja góloden kak volk) — I am very hungry
  • Russian: я голодна́ как волк (ja golodná kak volk) — I am very hungry
  • Spanish: tengo más hambre que el perro de un ciego — I am very hungry
  • Swedish: jag är hungrig som en varg — I am very hungry
  • Turkish: o kadar açım ki tek oturuşta bir kuzu yiyebilirim — I am very hungry