eat up the camera
v. phr.— «The girls rewarded him with their tremendous talent. They practically eat up the camera when they’re on screen.» —“Jim Sheridan gets personal ‘In America’” by Angela Mulholland CTV.ca (Can.) Nov. 25, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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