心如刀割 meaning in English
feel as if a knife were piercing one's heart; be touched to the quick; be torn with grief; feel as though a knife has been plunged into one's heart; like a dagger had cut deep into one's heart; one's heart feels as if transfixed with a dagger.; one's heart felt as if it had been stabbed.; one's heart contracted in pain as if stabbed by a knife.; one feels as though one's heart were cut in many pieces
Examples
- Since he left , she has been sitting at home eating her heart out .
他走了以后，她一直坐在家里，心如刀割。 - The thought that he was responsible for her death preyed on his mind .
他一想到自己对她的死负有责任就感到心如刀割。 - The collection of his confession of the night before was a cause of acute pain to him .
他回忆起前天晚上的忏悔，不觉心如刀割 - Was her heart not wrung by the thought of arthur's crime and helen's estrangement ?
想起亚瑟的错误和海伦对她的疏远，她难道不觉得心如刀割吗？ - The collection of his confession of the night before was a cause of acute pain to him
他回忆起前天晚上的忏悔，不觉心如刀割。