beat one's breast

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Definitions of beat one's breast words

noun beat one's breast to display guilt and remorse publicly or ostentatiously 3
noun beat one's breast to make an exaggerated display of one's feelings of guilt, remorse, etc. 3

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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