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PRONUNCIATION OF BEAT ONE'S BREAST

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEAT ONE'S BREAST

beat
beat a retreat
beat about the bush
beat down
Beat Generation
beat it
beat oneself up
beat seven bells out of
beat someone hollow
beat someone to it
beat someone´s brains out
beat the bounds
beat the drum for
beat the rap
beat time
beat up
beat-up
beatable
beatbox
beatboxing

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEAT ONE'S BREAST

abreast
at least
at the least
beast
bluebreast
breast
chicken breast
chimney breast
east
feast
in the least
least
northeast
pigeon breast
reast
redbreast
robin redbreast
southeast
the east
to say the least

Synonyms and antonyms of beat one's breast in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «beat one's breast» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEAT ONE'S BREAST

Find out the translation of beat one's breast to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of beat one's breast from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beat one's breast» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

战胜自己的乳房
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vencer a uno de mama
570 millions of speakers

English

beat one´s breast
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक स्तन हराया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فوز واحد الثدي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бить себя в грудь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bater seu peito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক এর বীট মরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

battre sa poitrine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengalahkan payudara seseorang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schlagen eine Brust
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自分の胸を打つ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 가슴 을 이길
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngalahake payudara siji
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đánh bại của một người mẹ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு மார்பை அடித்தார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याच्या छातीवर विजय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Birinin memesini yenmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

battere il petto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pokonać własnej piersi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бити себе в груди
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

se bătea în piept cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χτυπούσε στο στήθος κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klop ´n mens se bors
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slå ett bröst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slå ens bryst
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beat one's breast

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEAT ONE'S BREAST»

The term «beat one's breast» is used very little and occupies the 151.039 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEAT ONE'S BREAST» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEAT ONE'S BREAST»

Discover the use of beat one's breast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beat one's breast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Semantics of Polysemy: Reading Meaning in English and ...
To bring out these considerations, I propose that expressions like beat one's breast are best thought of as neither full metonymies nor as metaphors, but as postmetonymies, where these are defined as originally metonymic semantic ...
Nick Riemer, 2005
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Metaphor and Metonymy in Comparison and Contrast
But the expression 'to beat one's breast' seems to run in precisely the opposite direction to other expressions associating the chest and disclosure of information. In 'getting something off one's chest,' for example, there is the image of the ...
René Dirven, Ralf Pörings, 2003
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Cognitive Linguistics: Internal Dynamics and ...
In Goossen's view, the metonymic basis of beat one's breast ('make an open show of sorrow that may be partly pretence') is the religious practice of beating one's breast when one confesses one's sins publicly. However, rather than a ...
M. Sandra Peña Cervel, Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, 2005
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Damedieus: The Religious Context of the French Epic : the ...
Finally, there is the stretching out of one's hands and the lying prostrate on the ground. a. To Beat One's Breast: This venerable practice and sign of repentance is seen from Gormont to Anseys. Isembart, mortally wounded, prays God and His  ...
J. L. Roland Bélanger, 1975
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Al Majaz:
... someone) be-all, end-all bear the brunt of beat a hasty retreat beat a path to someone's door beat about the bush beat all beat around the bush beat it beat off beat one's brains out beat one's breast beat one's chest beat out beat someone at ...
Wahab Alansari, 2005
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
bear resemblance beat one's breast □ We have no vacancies now, but we'1l bear your application in mind, □ Please bear in mind that we don 't know any Mr. Hawthorne. □ Three factors must be borne in mind. bear resemblance ngjan, ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
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Dizionario Italiano Ed Inglese. A Dictionary Italian and ...
T0 BEAT, s to strike ] battere, dar percase, bit/fare, dar buflsie, picchiare . To beat one soundly, to;-t.7_ssm-e,m.zlmenare una . T0 beat one's breast, batter/ì il petto. To beat the drum , battere il tamburo . To bear time in musick, tener la battuta .
Ferdinando Altieri, 1751
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German/English Dictionary of Idioms
an dielvor die Brust schlagen path selten ' to beat one's breast (in contrition), to be (genuinelyltruly/. . .) sorry for's.th. Wenn er sich sehuldbewußt an die Brust schlägt, können wir ihm die Sache nicht länger verübeln. 7 Ja, er bekennt sich ...
Hans Schemann, 2013
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
BEAT THE RAP BEAT DOWN — BEAT EVERYTHING — BEAT IT — BEAT OFF — BEAT ONE TO IT — BEAT ONE TO THE// DRAW/PUNCH — BEAT ONE'S BRAIN'S OUT — BEAT ONE'S BREAST — BEAT ONE'S GUMS — BEAT ONE'S ...
Cruz, Et Al
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Middle English Dictionary
(a) To knock on a gate, door, window, etc. ; knock on (a door); ~ at (on, upon), knock at or on; also fig. ; (b) to beat (one's breast); fig, beat (one's heart, conscience); ~ on (up- on),beat (one's breast); (c) to make a noise by beating against ...
Hans Kurath, Robert E. Lewis, 1970

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEAT ONE'S BREAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beat one's breast is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Empty Tomb of Jesus Christ Bible Story Summary, Study and …
This Greek word is a very interesting verb because it means “to cut, to strike, to smite” or “to beat one's breast” which in the Jewish vernacular is ... «Patheos, Oct 14»
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Bullying, Bigotry, and Moral Judgment
To beat one's breast about the widespread “bigotry” against gays and lesbians, in this environment, without saying more clearly just what it is ... «First Things, Dec 12»
3
The Gates Are Closing
“One can recite the Ashamnu [the recitation of sins] for hours, beat one's breast in not unpleasant contemplation for all one's minor and major ... «The Jewish Week, Oct 11»

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