eat one's Wheaties

Meaning: (USandCanada,idiomatic)Toprepareorfortifyoneself for anactivityrequiringexertion.1971October 19, Haney Reilly, “Another game, another loss but Hawkeyes looked better”, inTelegraph-Herald, Iowa, USA, retrieved1 July 2011, page17:But he just couldn't get the ball through the goal posts (poor Harry . . . he didn'teat his Wheaties, or else his shoe was on backwards).1994September 11, “Garbage Collector Lifts Away Worries”, inMiami Herald, page 1B:Jo-Ann Wonsik answered a Herald want ad for a career requiring day after day of heavy lifting. . . . "And you've got toeat your Wheatieson this job," she said.2008December 10, Felicity Barringer, “Science Students Get a Real-Life Lesson, in Science Fiction”, inNew York Times, retrieved1 July 2011:Of all the movie promotions in all the towns in all the world, Keanu Reeves had to walk into this one: a California Institute of Technology forum at which he was asked, “How could an alien being grow so fast without violating standard mass- and energy-conservation laws?” . . . He paused. “Iate my Wheaties.”

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