break someone's heart

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English breke (my) harte. === Pronunciation === === Verb === break someone's heart (third-person singular simple present breaks someone's heart, present participle breaking someone's heart, simple past broke someone's heart, past participle broken someone's heart) (idiomatic) To cause a person to feel grief, disappointment, or sadness. ==== Related terms ==== heartbreak (noun), heartbreaker (noun) heartbreaking (adjective) (of an agent), heartbroken (adjective) (of a patient) broken heart (noun), brokenhearted (adjective), brokenheartedly (adverb), brokenheartedness (noun) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== bless someone's heart win someone's heart