Idiom
sick at heart
Meaning
Despairing, distressed, or anxious.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am sick at heart about the bad news.”
“She felt sick at heart after hearing that her favorite neighborhood park would be closed forever.”
“He remained sick at heart for weeks, unable to reconcile the sudden loss of his lifelong project with his hopes for the future.”
Examples
simple
“I am sick at heart about the bad news.”
contextual
“She felt sick at heart after hearing that her favorite neighborhood park would be closed forever.”
complex
“He remained sick at heart for weeks, unable to reconcile the sudden loss of his lifelong project with his hopes for the future.”
Origin
From Hamlet, Act I, Scene 1, by William Shakespeare: : Francisco: For this relief much thanks: 'tis bitter cold, / And I am sick at heart.
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