For instance, a person can be brokenhearted, or have a heart of gold.. This idiom saying that if you become thin and weak from sorrow, if your misery is making you sick, then you are figuratively eating your heart out. --- In modern usage, the expression means to be extremely jealous or upset.his idiom saying that if you become thin and weak from sorrow, if your misery is making you sick, then you are figuratively eating your heart out. --- In modern usage, the expression means to be extremely jealous or upset.
The word ç©ºæ (karate) literally means 'empty hand' in Japanese. This word is commonly used in both English and Japanese to refer to the Japanese martial art. ç©º (kara) - empty æ (te) - hand.
âThe school student may be too naive to know that karaoke is a portmanteau word blending two Japanese words: âkaraâ meaning empty (as in karate meaning empty hand) and oke (short for okesutora meaning orchestra).â