heartstrings
意味
- 心の琴線,深い感情
例文
It seems like they decided to go with something that would pull on people's heartstrings.
同情を誘う作戦に出たみたいだ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
PIE word *ḱḗr From Late Middle English hartestrynges, hert strynges, from Middle English herte (“heart”) + strenges, strynges (“cords, strings”). The English word is analysable as heart + strings.