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It means to feel extremely unhappy about a hopeless situation; to feel overwhelming grief, sorrow, longing, or jealousy.
Origin: This expression goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks, as the poet Homer used it in his famous epic poem The Odyssey. A person's heart has always been considered the center of his or her emotions. For instance, a person can be "brokenhearted", or have a "heart of gold." This idiom saying that if you become thin and weak from sorrow, if your misery is making you sick, then you are figuratively eating your heart out.
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In modern usage, the expression means to be extremely jealous or upset.
Example: (jealousy) : When Marika got the lead in the school play, Fiona was eating her heart out because she wanted that role.
Telling another individual to "eat your heart out", means that they should be overwhelmingly jealous, or heartbroken, about missing an opportunity that another has taken.
Example : "Eat your heart out, Coach Smith, because we won the trophy instead of your team."
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y ago(The direct address means "you should feel awful about this".The idiom suggests that the unfortunate person should be overwhelmingly jealous at missing an opportunity that has gone to another individual or group.)
"The team owner will surely eat his heart out over missing the playoffs."
"Eat your heart out, Alex Ferguson! Roberto Martinez has signed Raul for Wigan."
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If you listen to gossip, it will poison your ear about Joe.
What are the 5 idioms that use have student define and use them in sentence?
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