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
Selby	SEL-bee	English (Rare)
ÇAĞRi	-	Turkish
Sophia	so-FEE-ə (English), so-FIE-ə (British English), zo-FEE-ah (German)	English, Greek, German, Ancient Greek
Delbert	DEL-bərt	English
Francis	FRANT-səs (English)	English, French
Celio	CHE-lyo (Italian), THE-lyo (Spanish), SE-lyo (Latin American Spanish), SE-lyoo (Portuguese)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese