Combine the organ beating inside your chest with what happens when a fragile glass drops onto concrete, and you get a lover's worst Valentine nightmare. What am I?
Heartbreak
This riddle builds a compound word from two literal clues. Placing 'heart' (the chest organ) together with 'break' (what occurs when glass falls and shatters) creates 'heartbreak,' the emotional pain of lost love.
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