sorrow over

sorrow over (someone or something)

To grieve or lament for someone or something; to be full of sorrow because of someone or something. I know you miss him, but you need to stop sorrowing over Jonathan and start living your life again. People sorrowing over the results of the election need to get ahold of themselves. This is not the end of the world as we know it.
See also: over, sorrow
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sorrow over someone or something

to grieve or feel sad about someone or something. There is no need to sorrow over Tom. He will come back. He is sorrowing over the business he has lost because of the weather.
See also: over, sorrow
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • better of
  • be/have done with somebody/something
  • be in line with (someone or something)
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • begin with
  • begin with (someone or something)
  • be rough on (someone or something)
  • bird has flown, the
  • beware of
  • beware of (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in the aircraft crash in Rawalpindi.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has also expressed deep grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in the crash of army aviation training aircraft in Rawalpindi.
Meanwhile, CM Shehbaz also expressed grief and sorrow over the death of renowned religious scholar and former chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl Rasheed Ludhianvi and prayed to Allah to grant courage to the deceased's family members.
ISLAMABAD -- President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan have expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in Rawalpindi aircraft crash.
In a statement, President Dr Arif Alvi has expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in Rawalpindi aircraft crash.
LAHORE -- Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed grief and sorrow over the death of renowned religious scholar and former chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal Maulana Rasheed
Also, Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of lives in crash of a passenger plane in Iran.