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},
{
"form": "having one's heart in one's boots",
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{
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"form": "had one's heart in one's boots",
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"To feel very sad."
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"(UK, informal) To feel very sad."
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"_dis1": "73 27",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "feel very sad",
"word": "olla allapäin"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 27",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "feel very sad",
"word": "avoir le moral dans les chaussettes"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 27",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "feel very sad",
"word": "avere il morale a terra"
}
]
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"To feel very afraid; to be terrified or in dread."
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"(informal) To feel very afraid; to be terrified or in dread."
],
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"_dis1": "25 75",
"word": "one's heart in one's mouth"
},
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"_dis1": "25 75",
"word": "downhearted"
}
],
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}
],
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}
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},
{
"form": "had one's heart in one's boots",
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"To feel very sad."
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"(UK, informal) To feel very sad."
],
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},
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"To feel very afraid; to be terrified or in dread."
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"(informal) To feel very afraid; to be terrified or in dread."
],
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"informal"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "feel very sad",
"word": "olla allapäin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "feel very sad",
"word": "avoir le moral dans les chaussettes"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "feel very sad",
"word": "avere il morale a terra"
}
],
"word": "have one's heart in one's boots"
}
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