broken Idiom

broken dreams

plans that did not work, hopes that died Their divorce will mean broken dreams for both of them.

broken record

(See like a broken record)

crawl on my hands and knees over broken glass just

do anything to be closer to her, worship the ground she walks on I'm so in love I'd crawl on my hands and knees over miles of broken glass to see her photo.

like a broken record

repeating the same sound, saying it over and over again From morning till night I hear that complaint-like a broken record!

die of a broken heart

Idiom(s): die of a broken heart

Theme: DAYDREAM

to die of emotional distress.
• I was not surprised to hear of her death. They say she died of a broken heart.
• In the movie, the heroine appeared to die of a broken heart, but the audience knew she was poisoned.

A broken friendship may be soldered but will never

Friendships can be rebuilt after a dispute but will never be as strong as before.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

This is used when people get lucky and are undeservedly successful.('Even a stopped clock is right twice a day' is also used.)

Walking on broken glass

When a person is punished for something. e.g. 'She had me walking on broken glass.'

housebroken

adj. Trained to go outside to relieve themselves (said of domestic pets, primarily dogs). All young puppies must eventually be housebroken.

broken reed

broken reed
A weak or unreliable support, as in I'd counted on her to help, but she turned out to be a broken reed. The idea behind this idiom, first recorded about 1593, was already present in a mid-15th-century translation of a Latin tract, “Trust not nor lean not upon a windy reed.”