忧心如焚 meaning in English
eat one's heart out; be killed by grief; be torn with anxiety; burning with anxiety; eat out one's heart; extremely upset with sorrow; extremely worried; one's heart devoured by anxiety.; one's heart racked with anxiety.; one's heart was burning with anxiety [sorrow].; sorrow-stricken; utterly depressed by grief; worry oneself to death
Examples
- I was eating in tortured suspense .
我吉凶难卜，忧心如焚地吃着。 - The anxiety increased, became almost painful for a moment .
越发增添了心中的忧虑，一时竟至忧心如焚。 - Bassanio waited in dreadful suspense the event of the trial .
巴萨尼奥忧心如焚地等候着这场审判的结果。 - He went into the garden and wandered miserably around the grounds alone .
他走到园子里，一个人独自忧心如焚，在园里徘徊。 - He's in an agony of worry over the baby, and he feels she let him down .
他为了孩子而忧心如焚，而且他认为她误了他的大事。