Question

identify and define "no tears could melt his stony heart"
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Answer 1

In this line, the idiom is "melt one's heart".

Explanation:

• "Melt one's heart" is an idiomatic expression.
• To melt someone's heart mean to fill it with sympathy and compassion.
• A kind gesture or an act of kindness can melt someone's heart.
• A stony heart is without compassion and kindness.
• Nothing can affect a person with a stony heart, not even tears.