feed|ing frenzy

feed|ing frenzy
feed|ing frenzy «FEE dihng»,
U.S. Informal. the frantic pursuit of anything, as of profit, markets, art, or the like: »

Charles Saatchi…was soon buying Chia [paintings], and other collectors quickly went into a feeding frenzy (Anthony Haden-Guest).


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