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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
eat one's heart out
US president Barrack Obama planned to dine at DA DONG when he visited BEIJING in 2009. But the dinner was canceled for unknown reasons. The first lady also failed to show up for her reservation on Saturday, but her mother and daughters ate their hearts out.
I search this phrase on internet and someone said it means that a person is very sad. But I think it isn't suitable for this paragraph. Could you tell me what it means?
I search this phrase on internet and someone said it means that a person is very sad. But I think it isn't suitable for this paragraph. Could you tell me what it means?
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It's a common idiom meaning that a person is very, very envious of another person. eg When her sister won $10 million, Mary ate her heart out . However, we can also say that someone verb ed his heart out, meaning that he verb ed as much as he possibly could eg Tom did not win the race, but he ran his heart out .
- It's a common idiom meaning that a person is very, very envious of another person.
- eg When her sister won $10 million, Mary ate her heart out .
- However, we can also say that someone verb ed his heart out, meaning that he verb ed as much as he possibly could eg Tom did not win the race, but he ran his heart out .
- Your text seems to mean this.
- Her mother and daughters went to the restaurant and ate as much as they could eat.
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It's a common idiom meaning that a person is very, very envious of another person.
eg When her sister won $10 million, Mary ate her heart out.
However, we can also say that someone verbed his heart out, meaning that he verbed as much as he possibly co
eg When her sister won $10 million, Mary ate her heart out.
However, we can also say that someone verbed his heart out, meaning that he verbed as much as he possibly co
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