Break someone's heart In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "break someone's heart", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Tonia Thai calendar 2022-04-01 04:04

Meaning of Break someone's heart

Synonyms:

my heart bleeds (for somebody) , shatter someone's heart , crush someone's heart

Break someone's heart American British verb phrase

If you say that someone breaks your heart, you mean that he makes you sad by ending a romantic relationship with you or doing anything that has caused you a great deal of distress.
 

The way he treated Annie this morning has broken her heart.

Jane told Jenny it was over, which broke her heart.

It will break your mom's heart if she know you play truant from school.

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To disrupt someone's plan.

Grammar and Usage of Break someone's heart

Verb Forms

  • break someone's heart
  • breaks someone's heart
  • broke someone's heart
  • broken someone's heart
  • breaking someone's heart

The verb "break" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Break someone's heart

This expression has appeared in works by Chaucer, Shakespeare, and George Bernard Shaw, among others. Today it also is used ironically, as in "You only scored an A-minus on the final? That breaks my heart! "
 

The Origin Cited: https://www.dictionary.com/ .
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