Verb
become ground down or deteriorate
Source: WordNetNever play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. Nelson Algren
There is one thing I have never taught my body how to do and that is to figure out at 6 A.M. what it wants to eat at 6 P.M. Erma Bombeck
Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that you use to pay bills at and eat at. It's going to be nice to have actual space. Augusten Burroughs
Never eat at the table of a Priest. Gypsy Proverb
To rise at six, eat at ten, sup at six, go to bed at ten, makes a man live years ten times ten. French Proverb
Eat at pleasure; drink by measure. American Proverb