出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第16页（199字）
形容心中万分焦急或非常悲痛，例听到爱女在地震中丧生的消息，她五内如焚，潸然泪下。
When she got word that her beloved daughter had been killed in the earthquake，her heart was rent with grief．