beat one's chest

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To brag ostentatiously.
    — beating his chest about his accomplishments
  2. Synonym of beat one's breast (“lament”).

词形变化

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

词源

The bragging sense may have come from, and certainly connotatively evokes, the theme of gorillas beating their chests in displays of dominance, aggression, defense, or otherwise.
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