already understand the meaning of this expression
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:54 am
And today, when we use this expression, "eating from all the troughs", it is of course figurative. We are not talking about eating from a trough, of course. It is a figurative expression which means to take advantage of as many things as possible without scruples, that is to say without having a guilty conscience, to take advantage of everything we can take, everything that is offered to us. And this expression has rather a negative meaning. When we say that someone eats from all the troughs, it means he takes everything he can take without having a spirit of sharing for example, quite simply.
So we're going to see some examples, even if I think you .
First example: "Did you know he was already looking for a new job? He's really trying to eat at every trough, that one." So you see here, this spirit a little... this negative connotation. There is a person who apparently changes jobs often, who arrived in the company not long ago and who already wants to leave to get a new job.
And when we say "he really tries to eat from every trough", it means he tries to take advantage of as many things as possible. A few months in this company to take advantage of it, then a few months in another to take advantage of it. There is this sense of "he tries to take advantage of everything that is offered to him". There is a hidden criticism, eh. When we say that, when we say that he eats or that he tries to eat from every trough, it is a criticism of this person.
Another example: "She doesn't deprive herself of anything, it seems. She doesn't hesitate to eat at every trough." Here, same spirit. She is a person who doesn't deprive herself of anything, that oman whatsapp number data is to say who enjoys life and who tries to take maximum advantage of things and people, without scruples, seeks to take advantage of everything that is offered to her. So she is ultimately a selfish person.
Last example, and this time, we really have the meaning of eating. You saw that in the first two examples, the meaning of "eating" was figurative. We weren't really eating, we were trying to take advantage of something. But we can also use this expression in a slightly more literal sense and I'll give you an example: "It's not because it's free that I'm going to eat at all the troughs."
So here, we indicate that it's not because there's a buffet, you know, there's food available for free on a table, well it's not because it's free that I'm going to eat it all, it's not because it's free that I'm going to take as much as possible without thinking about others. That's really the idea in this sentence.
So eating at all the racks, here, would be someone who would arrive and say: "Hm, hey, I'm going to eat this, then that. Oh I'm not very hungry anymore, but it doesn't matter, I have to take as much as possible because it's free". It would be a selfish person who would try to take advantage of as many things as possible, so here, of as much food as possible, and to take advantage of it. And so we would say it in a negative way that she eats at all the racks.
What I suggest you do now is to work on the sound "ou" orally, the sound of manger à t OU s les râteliers. So I'm going to quote you a certain number of words that contain the sound "ou" and you're going to repeat them after me, quite simply. And then, we'll repeat the expression. Here we go.
So we're going to see some examples, even if I think you .
First example: "Did you know he was already looking for a new job? He's really trying to eat at every trough, that one." So you see here, this spirit a little... this negative connotation. There is a person who apparently changes jobs often, who arrived in the company not long ago and who already wants to leave to get a new job.
And when we say "he really tries to eat from every trough", it means he tries to take advantage of as many things as possible. A few months in this company to take advantage of it, then a few months in another to take advantage of it. There is this sense of "he tries to take advantage of everything that is offered to him". There is a hidden criticism, eh. When we say that, when we say that he eats or that he tries to eat from every trough, it is a criticism of this person.
Another example: "She doesn't deprive herself of anything, it seems. She doesn't hesitate to eat at every trough." Here, same spirit. She is a person who doesn't deprive herself of anything, that oman whatsapp number data is to say who enjoys life and who tries to take maximum advantage of things and people, without scruples, seeks to take advantage of everything that is offered to her. So she is ultimately a selfish person.
Last example, and this time, we really have the meaning of eating. You saw that in the first two examples, the meaning of "eating" was figurative. We weren't really eating, we were trying to take advantage of something. But we can also use this expression in a slightly more literal sense and I'll give you an example: "It's not because it's free that I'm going to eat at all the troughs."
So here, we indicate that it's not because there's a buffet, you know, there's food available for free on a table, well it's not because it's free that I'm going to eat it all, it's not because it's free that I'm going to take as much as possible without thinking about others. That's really the idea in this sentence.
So eating at all the racks, here, would be someone who would arrive and say: "Hm, hey, I'm going to eat this, then that. Oh I'm not very hungry anymore, but it doesn't matter, I have to take as much as possible because it's free". It would be a selfish person who would try to take advantage of as many things as possible, so here, of as much food as possible, and to take advantage of it. And so we would say it in a negative way that she eats at all the racks.
What I suggest you do now is to work on the sound "ou" orally, the sound of manger à t OU s les râteliers. So I'm going to quote you a certain number of words that contain the sound "ou" and you're going to repeat them after me, quite simply. And then, we'll repeat the expression. Here we go.