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• what the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over — Cf. ST. BERNARD Sermon v. All Saints, vulgo dicitur: Quod non videt oculus cor non dolet, it is commonly said: what the eye sees not, the heart does not grieve at; early 14th cent. Fr. car on dit que ce que on ne voit au cueur ne deult, for it is …   Proverbs new dictionary

• what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over — ► what the eye doesn t see, the heart doesn t grieve over proverb if someone is unaware of an unpleasant fact or situation they can t be troubled by it. Main Entry: ↑eye …   English terms dictionary

• what the eye doesn't see (the heart doesn't grieve over) — what the eye doesn t ˈsee (the heart doesn t ˈgrieve over) idiom (saying) if a person does not know about sth that they would normally disapprove of, then it cannot hurt them • What does it matter if I use his flat while he s away? What the eye… …   Useful english dictionary

• grieve — [gri:v] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: grever, from Latin gravare to load heavily , from gravis; GRAVE1] 1.) [I and T] to feel extremely sad, especially because someone you love has died grieve over/for ▪ He died, and every day since… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• grieve — grievedly /gree vid lee, greevd /, adv. griever, n. grievingly, adv. /greev/, v., grieved, grieving. v.i. 1. to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years. v.t. 2. to distress mentally; cause to feel grief… …   Universalium

• grieve — [[t]gri͟ːv[/t]] grieves, grieving, grieved 1) VERB If you grieve over something, especially someone s death, you feel very sad about it. [V prep] He s grieving over his dead wife and son... I didn t have any time to grieve... [V ing] Margery s… …   English dictionary

• grieve — see what the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over do not grieve that rose trees have thorns, rather rejoice that thorny bushes bear roses …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Grieve — (gr[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grieved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grieving}.] [OE. greven, OF. grever, fr. L. gravare to burden, oppress, fr. gravis heavy. See {Grief.}] 1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Grieve — Grieve, v. i. To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; often followed by at, for, or over. [1913 Webster] Do not you grieve at this. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• grieve — [ griv ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to feel extremely sad because someone has died: I never had time to grieve properly. He s still grieving for his wife. Millions of people are grieving over his death. 2. ) transitive FORMAL to upset… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• grieve — grēv vb, grieved; griev·ing vt to feel or show grief over <grieving the death of her son> vi to feel grief …   Medical dictionary