eat one's head off

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) Of an animal: to cost more to feed than it is worth.

日本語の意味

（動物に対して）飼育にかかる費用が、その動物の価値を上回る状態、つまり飼うためのコストが高すぎることを意味する。

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あの名牛は餌代がかかりすぎて飼う価値がなくなりつつあり、餌代に見合うだけの価値がもうない。

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意味（1）

(idiomatic) Of an animal: to cost more to feed than it is worth.

And then, as he sauntered up Whitehall towards Charing Cross, with Robarts on his arm, he again pressed upon him the sale of that invaluable hunter, who was eating his head off his shoulders in the stable at Chaldicotes.

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eats one's head off

（ present singular third-person ）

eating one's head off

（ participle present ）

ate one's head off

（ past ）

eaten one's head off

（ participle past ）

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