- heart sinks
- (your) heart sinks
you become discouraged or disappointed.
My heart sank when I opened the letter and realized I had not been accepted into graduate school.
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heart sinks
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heart sinks — (someone s) heart sinks if someone s heart sinks, they start to feel sad or worried. He looked at the huge pile of work on his desk and his heart sank … New idioms dictionary
your heart sinks — ◇ When your heart sinks, you become sad or disappointed about something. My heart sank when I saw the sad expression on her face. • • • Main Entry: ↑heart … Useful english dictionary
someone's heart sinks — (someone s) heart sinks if someone s heart sinks, they start to feel sad or worried. He looked at the huge pile of work on his desk and his heart sank … New idioms dictionary
somebody's heart sinks — sb s heart ˈsinks idiom used to say that sb suddenly feels sad or depressed about sth • My heart sank when I saw how much work there was left. • She watched him go with a sinking heart. Main entry: ↑heart … Useful english dictionary
your heart sinks — (your) heart sinks you become discouraged or disappointed. My heart sank when I opened the letter and realized I had not been accepted into graduate school … New idioms dictionary
someone's heart sinks — someone’s heart sinks phrase used for saying that someone suddenly feels very worried, upset, or disappointed Thesaurus: to be, or to become sad, regretful or upsetsynonym expressions used to talk about worriessynonym Main entry: heart … Useful english dictionary
heart — W1S1 [ha:t US ha:rt] n ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑liver, ↑lung, ↑muscles, ↑stoma … Dictionary of contemporary English
heart — [ hart ] noun *** ▸ 1 organ that pumps blood ▸ 2 area of chest with heart ▸ 3 your feelings ▸ 4 inner central part ▸ 5 shape representing love ▸ 6 suit of playing cards ▸ 7 most important part ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the organ in your chest that… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
heart — I UK [hɑː(r)t] / US [hɑrt] noun Word forms heart : singular heart plural hearts *** 1) [countable] the organ in your chest that makes blood flow around your body I could hear his heart beating. have a weak/bad heart: Did you know he had a weak… … English dictionary
someone's heart sinks — used for saying that someone suddenly feels very worried, upset, or disappointed … English dictionary
