sick at heart
idiom
: very sad and upset
The idea of children suffering from hunger made him sick at heart.
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The Holiday revealed here is not so much heartbroken as sick at heart, testifying at one point to terrible enveloping loneliness.
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Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
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