break someone's heart

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break someone 's heart

(idiomatic) To cause a person to feel grief, disappointment or sadness.
He broke my heart, so I broke his jaw.
- 1976, Elton John, Don't Go Breaking My Heart:
  Don't go breaking my heart / I couldn't if I tried / Honey if I get restless / Baby you're not that kind.
- 2010, Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, Baby
  "We're just friends," what are you sayin'? / Said "there's another," and looked right in my eyes / My first love broke my heart for the first time.

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to cause a person to feel grief or sadness

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: սիրտը կոտրել (hy) (sirtə kotrel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: (break...'s heart) 打碎...的心 (dǎsuì... de xīn)
Czech: zlomit srdce (+ dative case)
Dutch: iemand zijn/haar hart breken
Finnish: särkeä jonkun sydän
French: briser le cœur (fr)
German: Herz brechen (add pronouns mein, dein, etc., e.g. mein Herz brechen - "to break my heart")
Hindi: please add this translation if you can

Italian: accorare (it)
Japanese: 心を壊す (こころをこわす, kokoro-o kowasu)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: partir o coração de
Russian: разбива́ть се́рдце (ru) impf (razbivátʹ sérdce), разби́ть се́рдце impf (razbítʹ sérdce) (+ dative case or possessive pronouns used)
Spanish: partirle a alguien el corazón
Swedish: krossa någons hjärta (sv)
Turkish: kalbini kırmak (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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