| 释义 |
beat one's breastMake an exaggerated show of sorrow, despair, or regret.At the peak of her ambiguous angst, she beats her breast in sappy mourning upon the death of her father....- I bet you are wailing and gnashing your teeth and beating your breast with many small whips as you ponder this.
- In contrast to Antony's desire to blame anyone but himself, Cleopatra spends much of her first speech beating her breast.
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