“吃土”eat my dust
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日常英语会话中，你有没有听过“eat my dust”这样的说法？“吃我的土”表示什么呢？请看下面的句子：
A: Joan, it's a good thing you've been training for this race. But you are still going to eat my dust.
B: Eat your dust? Yuck. What’s the meaning of it？
A: When someone says ''eat my dust," they are saying to their competitors in a race situation that they are confident they are going to win the race, leaving everyone else far behind.
原来这“eat my dust”是指“在比赛中获胜、赢得比赛”的意思。“赢得比赛”为什么和“吃土”扯上了关系？想想看，如果是在一场长跑比赛中，跑在前面的选手脚下掀起的尘土会落在后面选手的脸上，颇有些让他们“吃土”的意味。
