My brother-in-law's reference was often to a small very emotional "Holy Roller" type Pentecostal congregation where his Mother had forced him to attend as a small child. He would say, with a twinkle in his eye, "Those people were all ate up."
Proud Republican exemplifies the very best of America's citizens in her loyalty and defense of our President.
woodguru wrote:
Ate up is a term used by military oriented people, not necessarily toward a military person. It is "ate up with the dumb ass", or all ate up, or simply ate up, to be technical and precise. Your brother in law was a Vietnam era veteran as was I, so he's on it.
Proud Russian is all ate up.