B1🍝 Food
Mangiare la polvere
to eat someone's dust
Literal Translation
"To eat dust"
What it means
To be left far behind / to eat someone's dust
Example in context
"I nostri concorrenti hanno mangiato la polvere quest'anno."
"Our competitors ate our dust this year."
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