play on heartstrings

play on someone's heartstrings

Fig. to attempt to get sympathy from someone. She is crying so she can play on your heartstrings and try to get you to take her home.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alaba	-	Western African, Yoruba
Kleopas	-	Biblical Greek
Ashfaq	-	Arabic
Cordula	-	German
Oskar	AWS-kahr (German, Polish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish
Dalimil	-	Czech, Slovak