| 单词 | to eat one's own flesh |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto eat one's own flesh c. to eat one's (own) heart: to suffer from silent grief or vexation. Also in Biblical phrase, to eat one's own flesh: said of an indolent person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > suffer anguish or torment [verb (intransitive)] anguisha1400 smoke1548 wring1565 to eat one's (own) heart1590 to bleed inwardlya1616 sting1849 twinge1850 to be hard (sometimes heavily, badly) hit1854 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > feel sorrow or grief [verb (intransitive)] sorroweOE sorryeOE careOE heavyOE mournOE rueOE murkenOE dole13.. likec1330 wailc1374 ensorrowc1384 gloppen?a1400 sytea1400 teena1400 grievec1400 angera1425 erme1481 yearna1500 aggrieve1559 discomfort?a1560 melancholyc1580 to eat one's (own) heart1590 repent1590 passion1598 sigh1642 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn [verb (intransitive)] > pine honea1400 languor1526 pine1569 to eat one's (own) heart1590 sicken1802 moon1878 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B3v He could not rest, but did his stout heart eat. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. iv. 5 The foole foldeth his hands together, and eateth his owne flesh. View more context for this quotation 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cvi. 166 I will not eat my heart alone. View more context for this quotation 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. v. xviii. 333 Eating away their own hearts in the consciousness of an ineffectual protest. < as lemmas |
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