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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. See also: play 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. See also: tear tug at your heartstrings also pull on your heartstrings to cause strong feelings of affection or sympathy He looked into his son's smiling eyes and felt a tug on his heartstrings. Usage notes: sometimes used with other verbs: The stories he told plucked at your heartstrings. See also: tug 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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``When you get that yank on your heartstring, then you've got a winner. He adds that most wood producers now concede that good citizenship is rapidly becoming good business, and few are willing to hedge their bets that environmentalism is on the wane, especially when it comes to heartstring issues like air, water, wildlife, and healthy forests. I try and pull on that heartstring a little bit," he admits. |
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