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have one's heart in one's boots

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
have one's -heart in one's -boots
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To feel very sad.

British usage; Informal

verb

To feel very afraid; to be terrified or in dread.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

has one's heart in one's boots (present, singular) having one's heart in one's boots (participle, present) had one's heart in one's boots (participle, past) had one's heart in one's boots (past)

Phrases

one's heart in one's mouth

Frequently Paired Words

one's heart in one's mouth downhearted

Questions

What does have one's heart in one's boots mean?
To feel very sad.

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