I thought I'd become famous, and I could say "Eat your heart out" to every girl I'd ever gone out with.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
eat one's heart out — {v. phr.} To grieve long and hopelessly; to become thin and weak from sorrow. * /For months after her husband s death, Joanne simply ate her heart out./ * /We sometimes hear of a dog eating its heart out for a dead owner./ … Dictionary of American idioms
eat one's heart out — {v. phr.} To grieve long and hopelessly; to become thin and weak from sorrow. * /For months after her husband s death, Joanne simply ate her heart out./ * /We sometimes hear of a dog eating its heart out for a dead owner./ … Dictionary of American idioms
eat your heart out — humorous phrase used for saying that you are doing something much better than a famous person does it Thesaurus: to be the best or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: eat * * * eat your heart out : to be jealous … Useful english dictionary
eat your heart out — eat (your) heart out you should be sorry for the choices you have made. I thought I d become famous, and I could say Eat your heart out to every girl I d ever gone out with. Usage notes: usually said as if it were an order, as in the example … New idioms dictionary
eat your heart out — If someone tells you to eat your heart out, they are saying they are better than you at something … The small dictionary of idiomes
eat your heart out! — eat your ˈheart out! idiom (informal) used to compare two things and say that one of them is better • Look at him dance! Eat your heart out, Fred Astaire (= he dances even better than Fred Astaire). Main entry: ↑eat … Useful english dictionary
eat your heart out (for somebody) — eat your ˈheart out (for sb/sth) idiom (especially BrE) to feel very unhappy, especially because you want sb/sth you cannot have • I m not going to mope at home, eating my heart out for some man. Main entry: ↑eatidiom … Useful english dictionary
eat your heart out (for something) — eat your ˈheart out (for sb/sth) idiom (especially BrE) to feel very unhappy, especially because you want sb/sth you cannot have • I m not going to mope at home, eating my heart out for some man. Main entry: ↑eatidiom … Useful english dictionary
eat one's heart out — ► eat one s heart out suffer from longing for something unattainable. Main Entry: ↑eat … English terms dictionary
eat one's heart out — PINE, long, ache, brood, mope, fret, sigh, sorrow, yearn, agonize; grieve, mourn, lament. → heart * * * phrasal : to grieve bitterly and without hope * * * eat one s heart out To pine away, brooding over misfortune • • • Main Entry: ↑eat … Useful english dictionary
