Break someone's heart American British verb phrase
If you say that someone breaks your heart, you mean that he makes you sad by ending a romantic relationship with you or doing anything that has caused you a great deal of distress.
The way he treated Annie this morning has broken her heart.
Jane told Jenny it was over, which broke her heart.
It will break your mom's heart if she know you play truant from school.
To interfere somebosy's plan or bussiness
To feel devastated because of a minor problem or accident
To intentionally and spitefully insult or show disrespect for someone
Not working properly
To disrupt someone's plan.
The verb "break" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This expression has appeared in works by Chaucer, Shakespeare, and George Bernard Shaw, among others. Today it also is used ironically, as in "You only scored an A-minus on the final? That breaks my heart! "