eat the onion

== English == === Alternative forms === eat The Onion === Verb === eat the onion (third-person singular simple present eats the onion, present participle eating the onion, simple past ate the onion, past participle eaten the onion) (informal, idiomatic) To unwittingly and erroneously interpret a work of satire as literal fact, particularly a piece published by The Onion. === See also ===