英语俚语‖Eat your heart out/Eat（one'

Eat your heart out/Eat（one's）heart out　
伤心欲绝

︎Tom almost ate his heart out when he heard that the girl he had been loving would marry someone else.

当听说一直以来心爱的女孩要嫁给其他人时，汤姆伤心欲绝。

︎历史典故

这个俚语从字面上就能看出其意。把某人的心都吃了，那可不是伤心欲绝么。据说这个说法源于《圣经》里的“eat one's own flesh”。

︎对话

Rose：Let's say good-bye to each other.

我们分手吧。

Kevin：You really don't care about me any more, even when I eat my heart out?

你真的不再关心我了吗？即便我伤心欲 绝你也不管了吗？

Rose：Sorry, Kevin, you will find someone better than me.

对不起，凯文，你会找到比我更好的。[/cp]