heart balm
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
heart balm (countable and uncountable, plural heart balms)
- (idiomatic) Something that soothes a person's fears or emotions.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 211:
- So many things, however, are a genuine heartbalm like the prickles of the Pleiades rising on the night.
- A fine for breach of promise (to marry).
Translations[edit]
idiomatic: something soothing
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