beat your breast

释义

1. 捶胸顿足（尤指对自己的作为刻意表示悲伤或愧疚）

   to show that you feel sorry about sth that you have done, especially in public and in an exaggerated way

同一词条的短语

• beat about the bush
• beat at their own game
• beat your brains out
• beat the clock
• beat it
• beat a path to door
• beat the rap
• beat a retreat
• beat time
• beat to the punch
• can you beat that
• if you can't beat them, join them