heart is in boots

somebody's heart is in their boots

if someone's heart is in their boots, they feel sad or worried His heart was in his boots as he waited for news of the accident.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marya	-	Russian
Tomasa	to-MAH-sah	Spanish
Abdullah	‘ahb-DAH:L-lah (Arabic), ‘ahb-DOOL-lah (Arabic), ahb-dool-LAH (Turkish)	Arabic, Turkish, Malay, Indonesian
Theresia	[ti'ri:zjə]
Eleutherius	-	Late Greek (Latinized)
Guda	-	Arabic