have one's heart in one's boots
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Verb edit
have one's heart in one's boots (third-person singular simple present has one's heart in one's boots, present participle having one's heart in one's boots, simple past and past participle had one's heart in one's boots)
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feel very sad
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Further reading edit
- “sb s heart is in his her boots”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “have ones heart in ones boots”, in Collins English Dictionary.