someone's heart sinks

someone's heart sinks
someone’s heart sinks phrase
used for saying that someone suddenly feels very worried, upset, or disappointed
Thesaurus: to be, or to become sad, regretful or upsetsynonym expressions used to talk about worriessynonym
Main entry: heart

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  • Winterreise — Franz Schubert by Wilhelm August Rieder. Oil painting, 1875, after a watercolor painting by Rieder of 1825. Winterreise (Winter Journey) is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert (D. 911, published as Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24… …   Wikipedia

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