feel as if a knife were piercing one 's heart

feel as if a knife were piercing one 's heart

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī NR ú D ā Oji ǎ o, which means that the heart is like a knife, and the heart is as painful as a knife. It comes from saihongqiu north by Tang of Yuan Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As a predicate, attribute, adverbial; describe extreme pain

Examples

Don't cry like this. It makes me feel like a knife.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: heart like a file, heart like a saw, heart like a knife

The origin of Idioms

Tang Yuan's "saihongqiu · North" divertimento: "abandoned the classics and history, abandoned the frost, every day the home is stuffy, drunk, the soul disappears, the forehead is like a cone, the heart is like a knife, speechless and lonely."

Idiom explanation

My heart is like a knife. My heart is as painful as a knife.