كيف تنطق "gnaw away at"

expression

NAW uh-WAY at

التعريف

To slowly damage or destroy something, like doubt or guilt repeatedly bothering someone and not leaving their mind.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈnɔ/ /əˈweɪ/ /ˈæt

الإنجليزية البريطانية

nˈɔː/ /ɐwˈeɪ/ /ˈæt

أمريكي

NAW uh-WAY at

بريطاني

NAW uh-WAY at

Worries can gnaw away at you if you don’t talk about them.

Guilt began to gnaw away at him after he told the lie.

Rust will slowly gnaw away at the metal.

No matter what he did, the mistake kept gnawing away at him.