sb's heart is in his/her boots
UK informalIf someone's heart is in their boots, they feel very sad, disappointed, worried, etc.:
Their hearts were in their boots when they realized that they would have to do the work all over again.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- grieving
- miserably
- moody
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- wretched
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