APAD: What's eating you?

Definition

   question to a person who seems emotionally or mentally consumed by some    

   internal distress

                                                                              

Examples                        

   1) What's eating you? You seem really upset today.                         

   2) I can tell something is bothering you. What's eating you?               

 

Etymology

   It is likely from the idea of parasites eating away at food.               

 

Synonyms

   What's bothering you?, What's got you down?

 

- englishdaily626.com [edited]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Maybe it was to answer that question, Dorothy Parker wrote

   The sun's gone dim, and

   The moon's turned black;

   For I loved him, and

   He didn't love back.

所有跟帖： 

• From what I learnt in life, never let anyone nor anything -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 08:46:05

• eating U! "Life is dear, love is dearer. Both can be given -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 08:51:01

• up for freedom" & "Give me liberty or give me death" !!!!! -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 08:51:20

• They give you half and half. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 16:20:02

• 啊？Then I’d better go 4 a Double Double in Tim Hortons ;-)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 16:29:13

• man's indifference eating up the woman: he no longer love me -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 11:47:13

• What's eating the man: damn! Jays lost again! -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 11:48:17

• Blue Jays' lost 3 to 4, was heartbreaking 4 all Canadians -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 12:18:14

• It used to be bread and games. Only games are left. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 16:21:46

• 想把楊笠請過來和你理論一番lol -JoyAnna.- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 17:59:28

• LOL。是不是最近更得意啦？U r so indifferent！：）對了，What‘s eating u？ -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 20:02:45

• Y stopped singing？：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 20:51:46

• One-sided love is eating, but not if reciprocal.A good one! -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 15:27:57

• Welcome back 暖冬MM. Hope U had a good trip! -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 15:39:10

• Thanks 西島！We did,but having bad jetlag now. 要至少一個星期：）多謝！ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 16:47:17

• +1 welcome back 暖冬 -JoyAnna.- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 18:01:23

• Thank you,JoyAnna! -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 19:24:10

• It's all about hormones. All are doped! -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 16:23:47

• Welcome back，暖冬mm！開心又看到你！：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 20:00:14

• What’s eating you? Did someone eat the snacks you hid?lol -JoyAnna.- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 19:26:18

• snacks piling up during holidays are eating me. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 20:20:49

• Hahaha -JoyAnna.- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/03/2025 postreply 04:50:50

• What‘s eating u？ Y aren't u smiling any more？：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 20:05:40

• essaying an agelast. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 20:21:46

• 真是學霸，詞匯量太大，我得現查才會～別那麽嚴肅，學笑！：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 20:32:00

• 去唱壇聽聽我的感恩吧，也感恩你這幾年一直的支持幫助：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/02/2025 postreply 21:19:04