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Eat your heart out.

This idiom or expression is difficult to explain. Please look at the following examples:

When someone says “I’m going on a trip, eat your heart out,” they mean something like “I’m going on a trip but you’re not. I hope that’ll make you crazy!”

When someone says “I just got a promotion, eat your heart out,” they mean something like “I got a promotion but you didn’t, and I know that’s killing you!”

Depending on who says it and how it is said, this could be a mean or a humorous statement.

Take it to heart. Taking it to heart.

This idiom or expression has to do with:

Taking something seriously.
Getting upset over something.

Cross my heart.

This idiom or expression has to do with:

Assuring the listener that the statement is true.

A. Can I be sure you’ll be there?
B. I’ll be there, I promise. Cross my heart!

History: 
The complete idiom is “Cross my heart and hope to die,” which has a religious overtone and makes a reference to the sign of the cross. It was, and still is, believed that by crossing your heart you keep the devil away.

Old ticker.

This idiom or expression like phrase means:

The heart.

A. Are you having heart problems?
B. Yeah, the old ticker is bothering me again!!

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