"have one's heart in one's boots" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-have one's heart in one's boots.wav Forms: has one's heart in one's boots [present, singular, third-person], 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]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> one's heart in one's boots}} 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)
  1. (UK, informal) To feel very sad. Tags: UK, informal Translations (feel very sad): olla allapäin (Finnish), avoir le moral dans les chaussettes (French), avere il morale a terra (Italian), душа в пятки ушла (duša v pjatki ušla) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-have_one's_heart_in_one's_boots-en-verb-BL5Apx90 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'feel very sad': 72 28
  2. (informal) To feel very afraid; to be terrified or in dread. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Emotions, Fear Related terms: one's heart in one's mouth, downhearted
    Sense id: en-have_one's_heart_in_one's_boots-en-verb-txGBNva0 Disambiguation of Emotions: 20 80 Disambiguation of Fear: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 39 61
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