to eat one's dust
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惨败, 输得很惨
to experience a massive defeat by someone in any competitive situation
Dialect
American
American![to [eat] {one's} dust definition and meaning](https://cdn.langeek.co/photo/61632/original/lose?type=jpeg "to [eat] {one's} dust definition and meaning")
disapproving
idiom
informal
例子
She has been working hard and has left her colleagues eating her dust in terms of productivity.
我们以为比赛会很接近，结果输得很惨。
