eat (away) at (someone's) conscience

To increasingly cause or inspire troubled feelings of guilt, especially for an extended period of time. Stealing that money from my parents has been eating away at my conscience for the past month. Don't let it eat at your conscience, anyone would have done the same thing in that situation.

词组	eat (away) at (someone's) conscience
释义	eat (away) at (someone's) conscience eat (away) at (someone's) conscience To increasingly cause or inspire troubled feelings of guilt, especially for an extended period of time. Stealing that money from my parents has been eating away at my conscience for the past month. Don't let it eat at your conscience, anyone would have done the same thing in that situation. See also: conscience, eat Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: guilt complex lay a guilt trip on lay a guilt trip on (one) racked with guilt have (something) on (one's) conscience guilt trip a guilt trip clear conscience, to have a have a clear conscience have a clean conscience
随便看	on the outs (with one) on the outs with someone on the pad on the panel on the part of on the part of (someone) on the phone on the pig's back on the pill on the plus side on the point of on the point of doing on the point of (doing something) on the premises on the prod on (the) production of (something) on the prowl on the pull on the Q.T. on the QT on the quiet on the qui vive on the rack on the radar (screen) on the rag