B2🍝 Food
Mangiare a quattro palmenti
to wolf down food
Literal Translation
"To eat with four millstones"
What it means
To eat voraciously / to wolf down food
Example in context
"Aveva una fame terribile e mangiava a quattro palmenti."
"He was terribly hungry and was wolfing down his food."
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