heart balmとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From heart +‎ balm.

名詞

heart balm (countable and uncountable, plural heart balms)

1. (idiomatic) Something that soothes a person's fears or emotions.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 211:

     So many things, however, are a genuine heartbalm like the prickles of the Pleiades rising on the night.

2. (law) A fine for a breach of promise (to marry).