could eat the arse out of a low flying duck

A form of could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck — Am/are/is extremely hungry.

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  1. AustraliaalternativeslangAlternative form of could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck.

    By now I was so hungry I could've eaten the arse off a low-flying duck.

    2010, Dave Ulliott, Devilfish: The Life & Times of a Poker Legend, →ISBN
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    Right now though I'm so hungry I could eat the arse out of a low flying duck, so off to put the nose bag on.

    2002 February 28, LarbGai, “SCT Stats, simplified”, in soc.culture.thai (Usenet)

    After this exchange, I'm so hungry I could eat the arse out of a low-flying duck.

    2009 August 4, FarmI, “Pollan Good Read On Cooking”, in rec.gardens.edible (Usenet)

    By now, we were ravenously hungry. 'So hungry I could eat the arse out of a low flying duck,' John joked as he threw a gnarled wattle stump on the fire.

    2017, Katherine Boland, Hippy Days, Arabian Nights, →ISBN
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APA

could eat the arse out of a low flying duck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/could%20eat%20the%20arse%20out%20of%20a%20low%20flying%20duck

MLA

“could eat the arse out of a low flying duck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/could%20eat%20the%20arse%20out%20of%20a%20low%20flying%20duck. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “could eat the arse out of a low flying duck,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/could%20eat%20the%20arse%20out%20of%20a%20low%20flying%20duck.

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