eat one's Wheaties

== English == === Etymology === An allusion to the breakfast cereal Wheaties, long advertised as the "Breakfast of Champions", and its long-standing association with sports celebrities. === Pronunciation === === Verb === eat one's Wheaties (third-person singular simple present eats one's Wheaties, present participle eating one's Wheaties, simple past ate one's Wheaties, past participle eaten one's Wheaties) (US and Canada, idiomatic) To prepare or fortify oneself for an activity requiring exertion. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== gird up one's loins have one's Weetabix - British English version destroy the evidence - colloquial/slang