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break someone's heart
USUK
to make someone very sad, especially by ending a relationship
Used about love, and also about anything very sad: 'It breaks my heart to…'. Someone who feels this is 'heartbroken'.
In context
She broke his heart when she moved to Australia without him.
It breaks my heart to see dogs left alone on the street.
More idioms about emotions
- a bitter pill to swallowan unpleasant fact or situation that is hard to accept
- a bundle of nervesvery nervous and worried
- a chip on your shouldera lasting anger because you feel you were treated unfairly in the past
- a knot in your stomacha tight, sick feeling in your body caused by worry or fear
- a lump in your throata tight feeling in your throat because you are so moved that you might cry