feast off

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Anonymous  #283958  Sat, 21 Oct 06 06:13 PM
slowly he feasted off them to the last shred.
  
Marius Hancu  #283976  Sat, 21 Oct 06 09:01 PM
he enjoyed eating them slowly, to the last piece
  
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Philip  #284082  Sun, 22 Oct 06 01:39 AM
 Anonymous wrote:
slowly he feasted off them to the last shred.
You are probably quoting something published, so I cannot be critical.  However, feast "on" sounds better to me, just for the record.
  
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