die of a broken heart

Fig. to die of emotional distress. I was not surprised to hear of her death. They say she died of a broken heart. In the movie, the heroine appeared to die of a broken heart, but the audience knew she was poisoned.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maxime	-	French
Orvar	-	Swedish, Norse Mythology
JaropeŁK	yah-RAW-pewk	Polish
Hermanni	HER-mahn-nee	Finnish
Asquith	['æskwiθ]
Irma	EER-mah (German, Finnish), UR-mə (English)	German, English, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Georgian, Lithuanian, Hungarian (Rare), Ancient G