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Jenne Phuong
2021-07-13 09:07
Eat (one's) heart out humorous phrase
In the second meaning, the phrase is often used as an imperative to express one's pride in their work without sounding too arrogant.
If someone "eats his/her heart out", he/she endures bitter anguish and grief because he/she can't attain something they are longing for.
Thompson had been longing for being accepted to Harvard. However, the disappointing result led him to eat his heart out.
When someone has done something impressive, he/she says "eat your heart out" followed with a name of a famous or successful person as a joke to indicate that that person must feel great jealousy or regret.
A: "Yummy, your cooking is excellent." B: "Not bad, huh? Eat your heart out, Gordon Ramsay!"
A: "Your voice is so beautiful. I really love that". B: "Aw, thank you. Adele, eat your heart out."
If I win the championship, all I will say to him is "eat your heart out, loser!".
The verb "eat" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This expression first surfaced in the late 1500s.
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1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.
