In spite of being very busy lately, you agree with your friends inviting you to go out to dinner. It's supposed to be a lovely and pleasing social event, but you can't turn your thoughts away from your agenda. Actually you're still to get a lot of things done today, which puts you in a very uncomfortable dilemma with your friends: How can you leave a social event sooner after eating without being offensive?
There's an idiom that comes in handy in situations like that. All you have to say is: (I) hate to eat and run, as in: I'm sorry guys, I hate to eat and run, but it's getting late. Did you understand what's been just said here? If you take it literally, it's got a very funny meaning. When you say you hate to eat and run, it reminds us of the bad sensation of running with a full belly. You don't have to literally run to leave an event after eating, but it gives people the impression you're really in a hurry.
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