beat your breast

Examples (10)

• The politician appeared on TV to beat his breast over the scandal, but few believed his apology was sincere.
• Instead of genuinely fixing the problem, the company just beat its breast in a series of press releases.
• He publicly beat his breast about his past mistakes, hoping to win back public favour.
• There's no use in just beating your breast; you need to take concrete action to make things right.
• When the report comes out, she'll probably beat her breast and claim she knew nothing about it.
• Beating his breast in every interview didn't convince anyone of his remorse.
• Don't just beat your breast and say you're sorry—show me you've actually changed.
• While the CEO was publicly beating his breast about the company's failures, no real changes were being made.
• After the environmental disaster, the corporation beat its breast and promised to do better.
• He's very good at beating his breast in front of the cameras whenever he's caught doing something wrong.