my heart bleeds for sb

Definition

used to say that you feel great sadness for someone. This phrase is often used humorously to mean the opposite

humorous John complains he only has two cars - my heart bleeds for him (= I certainly do not feel sadness about that)!

(Definition of my heart bleeds for sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Synonyms and related words:

to worry

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