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someone's heart sinks to/into their boots
idiomUKinformal
(alsosomeone's heart falls to/into their boots, someone's heart sinks/falls into their shoes)
someone feels very sad, disappointed, worried, etc.:
She smiled to show that her heart had not just sunk into her boots.
My heart fell to my boots when I realized he was going to pick me.
When I realized he had found and read my diary, my heart fell into my shoes.
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a long faceidiom
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angsty
be cut upidiom
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dismayed
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dissatisfied
distraught
distressed
lonely
lonesome
lovelorn
lovesick
wistful
wistfully
woe
woe is meidiom
woebegone
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