not fit to eat
Example Sentences
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When a host offered his guests food, he first apologized that it was not fit to eat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meat that is not fit for a sacrifice is, to the orthodox, not fit to eat.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Oh! you may eat it, sir; I don't say it's not fit to eat; but there are other things much better."
From The Settlers in Canada by Marryat, Frederick
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
Chickens too often are buried in a barrel of chopped ice for weeks, and come out blue and clammy; such are not fit to eat.
From A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings by Benton, Caroline French
