my heart bleeds for you

Idioms

I don't feel at all sorry for you, I don't sympathize, as in You only got a five percent raise? My heart bleeds for you. Originating in the late 1300s, this hyperbolic expression of sympathy has been used ironically since the mid-1700s.

Example Sentences

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Poor Jack, my heart bleeds for you; but cheer up, and go on.

From Select Temperance Tracts by American Tract Society

"René, René," said the other, "my heart bleeds for you."

From The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages by Cabell, James Branch

"Well, I must be content to bear it, though, in the mean time, my heart bleeds for you, Mildred; it is a painful trial."

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

Sure, you've all had it pretty tough, and my heart bleeds for you.

From The Big Trip Up Yonder by Vonnegut, Kurt

"My poor friend, my heart bleeds for you," said Grandma Elsie in low, tender tones.

From Elsie at Home by Finley, Martha

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