eat\ one's\ heart\ out

eat\ one's\ heart\ out
v. phr.
To grieve long and hopelessly; to become thin and weak from sorrow.

For months after her husband's death, Joanne simply ate her heart out.

We sometimes hear of a dog eating its heart out for a dead owner.


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