heart attack
heart attack
1. A sudden disruption in the heart's normal functioning, as due to an obstructed coronary artery. Dad's heart attack laid him out for nearly a month. We're lucky he survived! I'm worried that she's going to have a heart attack from the amount of stress she's been under at work lately.
2. By extension, a particularly frightening, jarring, or anxious experience. Josh just about gave me a heart attack when he jumped out of the closet. I almost had a heart attack when I saw that car coming at me.
See also: attack, heart
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- have a heart attack
- give (one) a heart attack
- be out of fix
- out of fix
- up and down
- up and down (something)
- be up and down
- (one's) heart's desire
- your heart's desire
- since when