Meaning of dine on ashes | Babel Free

Definitions

To mope over past defeats or failures.

idiomatic

Examples

“His redemptive power — propels us forward. It will not allow us to continue dining on ashes. The journey is yet before us, with Him. There is yet much to be done. There are many successes yet before us, and He calls us to move toward them.”

“Yet again his studies could not relieve the sense of defeat. He could not help dining on ashes. How long had he struggled on this stupid thesis?”

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