eat something up with a spoon
English
Verb
eat something up with a spoon
- (slang) To accept something very eagerly.
- 2010, J. D. Robb, Rapture in Death
- The public not only has the right to know, they eat it up with a spoon. Ratings rocketed.
- 2016, Hollis Shiloh, Keep
- I liked how relaxing it was, sleeping with Colin. He never pushed, and he touched me like I was worth memorizing, cherishing. I hadn't had a lot of that in my life, and heaven help me, I ate it up with a spoon.
- 2010, J. D. Robb, Rapture in Death