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one's heart bleeds

one's heart bleeds phrase: expresses that someone has great sympathy or sadness for another's plight or suffering.

Phrase

one's heart bleeds

  1. Expresses that someone has great sympathy or sadness for another's plight or suffering.
    • My heart no longer bleeds for them; as I said before, they have gained the martyr's crown ; but it bleeds for you — it bleeds for your noble parents — it bleeds for those who, born in fatal error, think, when they kill His saints, they do their God a service.1848, A. M., Montmorency, a Roman Catholic Tale, page 40
    • Such a woman comprehends all that is before her; and has the more capacity to suffer from that attitude, that she is able to subscribe to its justice. My heart bleeds for her .1883, Mary Stanley, Measure for Measure, page 82

Questions about one's heart bleeds

What does one's heart bleeds mean?
One's heart bleeds means expresses that someone has great sympathy or sadness for another's plight or suffering.
What part of speech is one's heart bleeds?
One's heart bleeds is a phrase.

Words near one's heart bleeds in the dictionary

  1. one's fingers itch
  2. one's flabber is gasted
  3. one's got to do what one's got to do
  4. one's gotta do what one's gotta do
  5. one's head off
  6. one's heart bleeds
  7. one's heart in one's mouth
  8. one's heart in one's throat
  9. one's heart out
  10. one's heart sinks
  11. one's hour

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