die of a broken heart



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.
See also: broken, die, heart, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Coline-French
Felipa[fe'li:pa:]
Tobit-Biblical, Biblical Latin
LarsLAHSH (Swedish, Norwegian), LAHRS (Danish, Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, German
ÉRica-Portuguese
SvendSVEN (Danish)Danish, Norwegian