tear at heartstrings

tear/tug at your heartstrings

also tear/tug at the heartstrings

if something or someone tugs at your heartstrings, they make you feel strong love or sympathy It's the story of a lost child - guaranteed to tug at the heartstrings.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
DÖRthe	DUUR-tə	Low German
Christiaan	KRIS-tee-ah:n	Dutch
Dionysus	die-ə-NIE-səs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Vladimir	vlah-DEE-meer (Russian), VLAH-dee-meer (Croatian)	Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
AnĐElka	-	Croatian
GÖKsu	-	Turkish