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Meaning: (idiomatic)Tofretormoanin anexcessiveortheatricalmanner.1938February 12,J. Will Taylor, “Address at Knocksville, Tenn.”, inCongressional Record: Appendix of the Third Session of the Seventy-Fifth Congress of the United States of America, volume83, part 9,page663:Yes, my friends, it is amusing to see these new dealers wring their hands andrend their garmentson account of the distress of the great army of underprivileged in our country.1984,James J. Kilpatrick,The Writer’s Art[1],→ISBN:Rosenblatt never sawed the air orrent his garments. When he began his essay, he knew how he meant to end it.2010June 12,Mike Carlton, “Funny, they remember their epithets but not their manners”, inThe Sydney Morning Herald[2]:I feel much the same as I watch the mining magnates wringing their hands,rending their garmentsand uttering up their piteous cries about the horrors of the resources super profits tax.2015December 17,Devin Friedman, “J. R. Smith Is Always Open”, inGQ[3]:Remember, after “The Decision,” when the people of Cleveland took to the streets, lost their ever-loving minds,rended their garments, cried into their pierogies, and burned their LeBron jerseys? And everyone was likeLeBron will never be welcomed back here!; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seerend,garment.
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