not fit to eat
Example Sentences
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Meat that is not fit for a sacrifice is, to the orthodox, not fit to eat.
From Time Magazine Archive
When a host offered his guests food, he first apologized that it was not fit to eat.
From Time Magazine Archive
When asked what he had that was not fit to eat, he could only say in reply that he could furnish them with venison, pheasant, wild duck, and some fresh fish.
From James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford
Quick, superficial frying means tough stringy fibres; and a hot oven frequently dries the meat until it is not fit to eat.
From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)
I put some on my pancakes and pretended to taste of it, and I told Pa the syrup was sour and not fit to eat.
From Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 by Smith, Gean
