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French
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Noun
cœur de pierre m (plural cœurs de pierre)
- (figurative, idiomatic) heart of stone (an unemotional person, or their "heart" (their cooler emotional nature) itself)
2018, Zaz, Saint-Valentin:J’irai sur l’avenue embrasser les statues. À quoi tient leur salut ? Est-ce à leurs cœurs de pierre, à leurs froides manières ?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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