bleed Idiom, Proverb
bleeding heart
one who begs for sympathy for victims, have a soft spot... "Hector is a bleeding heart for wolves. ""Save the wolves,"" he tells people in his speeches."
bleed like a stuck pig
to bleed profusely
bleeder
an objectionable person
bleeding
used as an intensive: "That bleeding idiot from next door is drunk again"
Bleeding edge
Similar to 'cutting edge', this implies a technology or process that is at the forefront or beyond current practices. However, because it is unproven, it is often dangerous to use (hence the 'bleeding').
My heart bleeds
If your heart bleeds for someone, you feel genuine sympathy and sadness for them.
bleed
bleed In addition to the idiom beginning with
bleed, also see
my heart bleeds for you.
bleed someone white
bleed someone white Extort money, take someone's last penny. For example,
That contractor would have bled the department white, but fortunately he was apprehended in time. Presumably this term alludes to losing so much blood that one turns pale (and perhaps also to the idea that money is the life blood of commerce). [First half of 1900s]
my heart bleeds for you
my heart bleeds for you I don't feel at all sorry for you, I don't sympathize, as in
You only got a five percent raise? My heart bleeds for you. Originating in the late 1300s, this hyperbolic expression of sympathy has been used ironically since the mid-1700s.