Match the meaning to the cliché metaphor. Use your thesaurus if necessary. 1.to beg for forgiveness in a very humble way

eat one's heart out

2.to be dejected or unhappy

eat their heads off

3.to withdraw what you have said

eat humble pie; eat crow; eat dirt

4.to eat tremendous amounts of food

eat one's words

5.to give one no trouble; do whatever one wishes

eat away

6.to nibble or gnaw at

eat out of one's hand

Explanation:

1. Eat humble pie; eat crow; eat dirt - to beg for forgiveness in a very humble way.

2. Eat one's hearts out - to be dejected or unhappy

3. Eat one's words - to withdraw what you have said

4. Eat their heads off - to eat tremendous amounts of food

5. Eat out of one's hand - to give one no trouble; do whatever one wishes

6. Eat away - to nibble or gnaw at

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).