tear (one's) heart out

tear (one's) heart out

To cause one to be extremely or inconsolably sad; to devastate one. Can't you see you're tearing Jane's heart out? Why do you have to treat her that way? That documentary really tore my heart out. I still feel so hopeless after watching it.
See also: heart, out, tear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • drive (one) out of office
  • force (one) out of office
  • force out of office
  • give (one) (one's) head
  • give head
  • give somebody their head
  • give someone their head
  • cooking for one
  • 1FTR
  • as one door closes, another one opens