prick one’s eyes and heart ❍ 他形容孟郊的苦吟竟至使用上“～”，“掐擢胃肾”的辞句。(郭沫若《李白与杜甫》164) …he wrote for his friend the poet Meng Jiao,described the poet as having“pricked his eyes and heart”and“upturned his stomach and kidney”in his search for the right words for his poem.