thump one 's chest and stamp one 's feet

thump one 's chest and stamp one 's feet

Beating one's chest and stamping one's feet is an idiom, pronounced Chu í Xi ōùù NZ ú. It means beating one's chest with one's fist and stamping one's feet. It describes a state of great sorrow and remorse. From killing dogs and persuading husbands

Notes on Idioms

Thump: thump; thump: stomp. Punch your chest and stamp your feet. It describes a very sad and regretful appearance.

The origin of Idioms

The second fold of Xiao Dexiang's killing dog and persuading husband in Yuan Dynasty: "in my heart, except telling the sky, naitian is high, but I don't know. I only beat my chest and burst into tears." Li Kaixian of Ming Dynasty wrote in his leisure life collection: biography of Kunlun Poet Zhang: "if you tell someone, you don't believe it. If you already know it, you beat your chest and feet, if you don't want to live.

Idiom usage

Kong Ming's words touched Xuande's heart, and he burst into tears. In the 56th chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty, Xiong Botao's great victory in Huangpi: "therefore, he made such a lament.