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                           Phrase(s): eat one’s heart out 1. Fig. to grieve; to be sorrowful. (Fixed order.)  •  She has been eating her heart out over that jerk ever since he ran away with Sally.  •  Don’t eat your heart out. You really didn’t like him that much, did you? 2. Fig. to suffer from envy or jealousy. (Usually a command.)  •  Yeah, the reward money is all mine. Eat your heart out!  •  Eat your heart out! I won it fair and square.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs