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.
- 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