See heart of glass on Wiktionary
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"text": "1978, Debbie Harry & Chris Stein, \"Heart of Glass\", Blondie, Parallel Lines.\nOnce I had a love and it was a gas / Soon turned out, had a heart of glass",
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"(idiomatic, figurative) A heart (or by extension, person) in a very fragile romantic state: one that is easily made broken-hearted."
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"word": "heart of glass"
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