your heart sinks

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.

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
  • heart sinks, one's
  • 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
He said: "Your heart sinks when you hear, 'Mayday, I have no power'."
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Your heart sinks when your train is cancelled, so claim compo
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Your heart sinks as a parent when you hear the news that it's never to be found again.
Thanks to mystery taxi driver
Owen Leipelt, who was in another aircraft, said: "Your heart sinks when you hear, 'Mayday, I have no power'."
Splash landing..
Your heart sinks when they are bought in for treatment.
Dogs at risk from deadly infection