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sick at heart

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  1. Grieving, very disappointed, dejected, as in We were sick at heart when we learned of her predicament. This idiom, which transfers heart disease to unhappiness, was first recorded in 1581.


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They seek to comfort her, sick at heart as she is, by diverting the blame from her who was forced to the doer of the wrong.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

"I am sick at heart at what we have done," he said.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2019

Anyone who studies the conditions of life in Westeros comes away sick at heart.

From Slate May 13, 2019

But they also would change our country in ways that should make us sick at heart.

From Washington Post Feb. 18, 2016

Once again I saw the inscription on the fly-leaf of that book of poems, and the curious slanting R. I felt sick at heart and cold.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

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