heart sinks

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heart sinks

(One) feels disappointed or disheartened. My heart sank when I saw that the meal I'd spent all day preparing had burned in the oven.
See also: heart, sink
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

heart sinks, one's

One's courage or hope fails; one is very disappointed or dejected. For example, An hour before the picnic I heard thunder and my heart sank. This expression was first recorded in 1605 but was preceded in the 15th century by one's heart is at one's heels or in one's hose or in one's shoes . The present (and only surviving) usage was first recorded in 1605.
See also: heart
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

your heart ˈsinks

used to say that you suddenly feel sad or depressed about something: My heart sank when I realized I would have to walk home in the rain. OPPOSITE: your heart leaps
See also: heart, sink
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • heart sinks, one's
  • your heart sinks
  • with all (one's) heart
  • with all heart
  • with all my heart
  • with all one's heart
  • have a heart
  • one's heart is set against
  • (one's) heart is set against (something)
  • (one's) heart is in (one's) boots
References in periodicals archive
When you see a headline in a major newspaper about a "perv priest," your heart sinks. I wear the Roman collar in my office building in downtown Chicago, and ever since the scandal when I go to lunch it's like the parting of the Red Sea.
Men in black
Your heart sinks as you return to your car to see a yellow ticket stuck to the windscreen.
Parking misery
Your heart sinks when they are bought in for treatment.
Dogs at risk from deadly infection
My heart sinks when I learn that the building has already been listed as a contender for this year's building of the year.
Letters
Tom's heart sinks when Peri brings their baby into school.
HOLLYOAKS - C4
WHEN that red light starts flashing on my dashboard, my heart sinks because that's another seventy quid blown filling up the family car.
George, you're being a real fuel
Every time their shoe size changes, my heart sinks a little.
It's the way he tells them