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.
See also:
  • 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