What does eat your heart out mean?
Idiom Meaning:
drawing attention to something unattainable
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
The Facts of Life “Read No Evil” (1982)
Time of Scene:
Joanne ‘Jo’ Polniaczek: Hey where’d you get the newsletter?
Edna Garrett: Mrs. Schuster gave it to me. Oh girls it’s so good to know there are more important things in your life than just ‘oh Richard, Richard, Richard’.
Natalie Green: How did you know it was us?
Edna Garrett: Your style is unmistakable, Natalie.
Natalie Green: Yeah. Buffy Klein, eat your heart out.
Dorothy ‘Tootie’ Ramsey: We had to do something.
Joanne ‘Jo’ Polniaczek: Yeah, we figured the parents had to know what was going on up here.
Dorothy ‘Tootie’ Ramsey: So, we printed up a list of the banned books and Nat’s editorial.
Natalie Green: Signed your ex-editor.
Joanne ‘Jo’ Polniaczek: And mailed copies to all the Eastland parents.
Dorothy ‘Tootie’ Ramsey: Wait till Mr. Parker gets the Xerox bills.
Natalie Green: And we put each of the letters in an envelope marked: Notice of Expulsion, so they’d be sure and be opened.
Who’ll Stop the Rain (1978)
Time of Scene:
Ray Hicks: When I tell you the story of my life you’ll eat your heart out.
Marge Converse: How did you turn out?
Ray Hicks: Well, your husband once told somebody I was a psychopath.
Marge Converse: That’s the kind of thing he’d say.
Ray Hicks: Do you think he could be right?
Marge Converse: It’s a very imprecise term.
Grease (1978)
Time of Scene:
Danny: You’re looking good, Riz.
Rizzo: Eat your heart out.
Danny: But sloppy seconds ain’t my style.
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