it makes my heart bleed
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
It makes me very sorrowful. Take your own will, my very heart bleeds for thee. FLETCHER: Queen of Corinth, ii, 3.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “it makes my heart bleed” mean?
It makes me very sorrowful. Take your own will, my very heart bleeds for thee. FLETCHER: Queen of Corinth, ii, 3.
Is “it makes my heart bleed” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.