It's a metaphor for something that is very hard or frustrating - as though it was an animal and was going to kill and eat you.
Piranhas won't eat people unless you have a bad cut.
My dog has and she is alive still. I guess dogs probably shouldn't eat it but i mean its probably ok if they have some right?
if you eat them they are not if they are still on trees they are alive!
Dragonflies eat their prey alive. In fact, they catch it out of midair.
Apples don't eat anything... If they're on an apple tree good soil, sunlight, and water can keep the tree and apples alive if that's what you mean
If its alive and not poisonous, you can eat it.
IT IS NOT ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no it is not alive.
Rabbits are herbivores, therefore do not eat anything that is alive. If they do eat anything that is alive, it is by accident, and would probably be a worm or a greenfly or something like that. Good question though.
When we say that something is alive. we mean it has life in it.
They eat for the same reason you do: to stay alive.
Nothing. Tsunamis are not alive. Therefore, they do not eat.