comerse el mundo

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Spanish

Etymology

Literally, to eat the world.

Verb

comerse el mundo (first-person singular present me como el mundo, first-person singular preterite me comí el mundo, past participle comido el mundo)

  1. (idiomatic) to reach the top, to be the champion
    • 1997, Roberto Bolaño, “Sensini”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:
      Cuando hablaba de Miranda, por el contrario, Sensini se ponía alegre, Miranda era joven, tenía ganas de comerse el mundo, una curiosidad insaciable, y además, decía, era linda y buena.
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