Idioms linked to “가슴” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering Suffer heartache Literal translation: “Suffer in the chest”
Feel mental pain through anxious fretting
Dictionary example 1
그는 오랫동안 혼자 가슴을 앓으며 살아야 했다.
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Shared · 5 open one’s heart To reveal or receive one’s innermost feelings. 
Cause a piercing ache Cause pain as though cutting the chest with a knife, from very profound and intense thoughts or feelings. 
Suffer crushing heartache Experience extremely severe emotional pain 
Break someone's heart Cause pain as though the chest were being torn through sorrow or resentment. 
Shared · 2 strike one’s heart To receive a great emotional shock. 
Fret desperately Worry intensely 
Stand proud Be confident with no need to bow. 
Shared · 5 bare one’s heart To reveal all one’s thoughts or words without reserve. 
Be broad-minded Be very understanding. 
have one’s heart pound For one’s heart to beat extremely forcefully. 
Be deeply moved with gratitude Be deeply moved with gratitude after receiving profound love and care 
Feel a sudden pang Be suddenly startled or conscience-stricken by a stimulus. 
be overwhelmed with joy To have one’s heart filled with great joy or emotion. 
Have a heavy heart Have one’s spirits sink through sorrow or worry 
Be emotionally devastated Receive such a severe shock that one struggles to compose oneself. 
2 meanings Shared · 3 have one’s heart burst To become unbearably filled with sorrow or pain. 
Have one’s heart pound Have one’s heart beat extremely fast 
Feel a chill of fear Feel chilled as though a cold wind were blowing inside through fear. 
have one’s heart burned out by worry A figurative expression for anxiety distressing one’s heart to the utmost. 
Ache with pity Feel a stabbing ache in one’s heart from great pity or compassion Browse in Hangul order.
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