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heavy heart

heavy heart {n. phr.}

A feeling of being weighed down with sorrow; unhappiness.

They had very heavy hearts as they went to the funeral.

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[heart] See: [AFTER ONE'S OWN HEART], [AT HEART], [EAT ONE'S HEART OUT], [BREAK ONE'S HEART], [BY HEART], [CHANGE OF HEART], [CROSS ONE'S HEART], [DO ONE GOOD] or [DO ONE'S HEART […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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