rend one's garments
verbEtymology
From the biblical and Jewish practice of keriah, the tearing of clothes when in mourning.
Definitions
To fret or moan in an excessive or theatrical manner.
- Yes, my friends, it is amusing to see these new dealers wring their hands and rend their garments on account of the distress of the great army of underprivileged in our country.
- Rosenblatt never sawed the air or rent his garments. When he began his essay, he knew how he meant to end it.
- I feel much the same as I watch the mining magnates wringing their hands, rending their garments and uttering up their piteous cries about the horrors of the resources super profits tax.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rend, garment.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA