tear somebody's heart
tear at somebody's heart

And oh, for all the words tore her heart in two, they had to be said.

Ask me to tear my heart out and give it to you.

Seeing him like this was enough to tear my heart in two.

Knowing what this would do to you tore my heart in two.

"What do you think I've been tearing my heart out about?"

"But it would tear my heart out to look at the poor old Princess."

Why do I tear my heart by recalling our words then?

"If it doesn't tear your heart out to hear what these women went through, you're made of stone," he said.

Even the man whom a woman loves best will sometimes tear her heart to pieces!

It tore Josh's heart, but there was nothing he could do.