pull a heart muscle

pull a heart muscle
 v. phr.— «The tribunal pulled a heart muscle and made a rod for its back every time it gives a player two weeks on a less serious charge.» —“It’s Not All Fair And Equitable, Busse Bodies” by Mark Duffield in Sydney West Australian (Osborne Park, West Australia) Aug. 8, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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