Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined word segment. Some people are very restrictive when it comes to eating while some people eat excessively whether it’s tasty or not.
Eat like a horse
What the underlined words mean: to eat in very large quantities. Note also that the sentence sets up a contrast — ‘some people are very restrictive… while some people…’ — so the idiom must sit at the opposite pole from restraint.
The answer. Eat like a horse means to eat a great deal, matching ‘eat excessively’ exactly and supplying the contrast the sentence needs.
Why the others fail:
Eat like a bird — means to eat very little. This is the one to watch in this set: it is the opposite, and it in fact describes the first group of people in the sentence, not the second.
Eat my hat — used to express strong disbelief that something will happen: ‘If he wins, I'll eat my hat.’ Nothing to do with appetite.
Eat humble pie — to admit one was wrong and apologise. Concerns pride, not food.
Takeaway: when every option shares a keyword (here eat), the shared word is doing no work. Decide on the rest of the idiom.
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