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heart sinks |
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somebody's heart sinks if someone's heart sinks, they start to feel sad or worried He looked at the huge pile of work on his desk and his heart sank. your heart sinks you become discouraged or disappointed My heart sank when I opened the letter and realized I had not been accepted into graduate school. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Even at this distance of time my heart sinks, my courage fails me, at the critical stage in my narrative which I have now reached. Confident as I am that you will not trifle with this appeal, my heart sinks and my hand trembles at the bare thought of such a possibility. Had he been by himself, he would have stayed to see it out with the others, but now his heart sinks and all his pluck goes. |
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