break one's heart
1break one's heart — phrasal : to afflict with bitter sorrow, hopeless grief, or despair * * * break one s heart To die of, or be broken down by, grief or disappointment • • • Main Entry: ↑heart …
2break one's heart — {v. phr.} To discourage greatly; make very sad or hopeless. * /His son s disgrace broke his heart./ * /When Mr. White lost everything he had worked so hard for, it broke his heart./ …
3break one's heart — {v. phr.} To discourage greatly; make very sad or hopeless. * /His son s disgrace broke his heart./ * /When Mr. White lost everything he had worked so hard for, it broke his heart./ …
4break\ one's\ heart — v. phr. To discourage greatly; make very sad or hopeless. His son s disgrace broke his heart. When Mr. White lost everything he had worked so hard for, it broke his heart …
5break one's heart — phrasal to crush emotionally with sorrow …
6break one's heart — disappoint someone very much, cause someone grief …
7To lose one's heart — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… …
8To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… …
9With all one's heart — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… …
10break — breakable, adj. breakableness, n. breakably, adv. breakless, adj. /brayk/, v., broke or (Archaic) brake; broken or (Archaic) broke; breaking; n. v.t …
