吃喜酒 attend the wedding banquet

吃药 take medicine

（下棋）吃掉一个子 take a piece

吃掉敌人一个团 annihilate¹ an enemy regiment²

连吃败仗 suffer one defeat after another

推上吃了一枪 get shot in the leg

吃闭门羹 be denied entrance at the door ; be refused admission as an unwelcome guest be left out in the cold

吃醋 be jealous

吃官司 be sued / involve in a legal action

吃耳光 get a slap in the face

吃回扣 get commission

这种纸不吃墨水。 This kind of paper doesn’t absorb ink.

茄子很吃油。 Eggplant calls for a lot of oil in cooking.

我可不吃这一套。 I won’t take all this lying down.

他不务正业，专吃白食。 He does not do any honest work and lives off others.

你这老一套现在可吃不开了。 Your old way of doing things won’t work now.

这件事你如果说出去，我叫你吃不了兜着走。 If you let this leak out, I’ll make you sorry for it.

走这么多的路，恐怕你吃不消。 It may be too much for you to walk such a long way.

吃得苦中苦，方为人上人。 Only those who endure the most become the highest.

再重的卡车，这座桥也吃得住。This bridge can bear the weight of the heaviest lorry.

你别想吃她豆腐。Don’t try to flirt³ with her.

他要请我们吃馆子。 He is going to invite us out to dinner.

你要先考虑清楚，免得吃后悔药。Think it over before you go so that you won’t regret it later.

形势吃紧。 The situation was critical.

他那坚强的毅力使人吃惊。 His will power is amazing.

他工作努力，能吃苦。 He was hard-working and unafraid of hardships.

他跑得不快，踢足球吃亏。 He can’t run fast and that puts him at a disadvantage as a footballer.

我跑了一天路，感到吃力。 After a long day’s journey, I left exhausted⁴.

只要技术好，到哪儿都吃得开。 A person who has expertise⁵ is welcome anywhere.

吃一堑，长一智。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.