eat something up with a spoon

eat something up with a spoon (third-person singular simple present eats something up with a spoon, present participle eating something up with a spoon, simple past ate something up with a spoon, past participle eaten something up with a spoon)

1. (slang) To accept something very eagerly.
   • 2010, J. D. Robb, Rapture in Death:

     The public not only has the right to know, they eat it up with a spoon. Ratings rocketed.

   • 2016, Hollis Shiloh, Keep:

     I liked how relaxing it was, sleeping with Colin. He never pushed, and he touched me like I was worth memorizing, cherishing. I hadn't had a lot of that in my life, and heaven help me, I ate it up with a spoon.

• hook, line and sinker