have a heart of glass

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have a heart of glass

To have or be in a state of extreme emotional fragility or susceptibility, one that is easily influenced or affected by others. Poor Mary has a heart of glass; I don't know how she'll recover from Tom's refusal to go to the prom with her.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Johanna	yo-HAH-nah (German), yo-HAHN-nah (Danish, Dutch), YO-hahn-nah (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, English, Late Roman
Oluwayemisi	-	Western African, Yoruba
Georgia	JOR-jə (English)	English, Greek
Chernobog	-	Slavic Mythology
Manouel	-	Late Greek
Jet	-	Dutch