beat one's breast

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To ostentatiously display remorse, sorrow, or upset. figuratively

词形变化

beats one's breast present,singular,third-person beating one's breast participle,present beat one's breast past beaten one's breast participle,past beat one's breast colloquial,participle,past

词源

For the meaning development compare Proto-Slavic *plakati ultimately from *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to beat”) (whence also Latin plangō (whence plangent, plain)).
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