Bleeding heart

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Bleeding heart is a term, usually critical and politically loaded, for someone who is held to be overly sympathetic to another person's (or group of people's) plight. More generally, it also describes someone who is emotionally concerned about a person, idea, or event but still refuses to act.

A bleeding heart is also an image of religious iconography, depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus pierced by thorns and bleeding.

It can also be:

In entertainment:

• A magical effect conceived by magician Dustin Baker, in which the magician slices his arm, then heals himself.
• A song from the album Flower Festival by Olivia Lufkin.
• The phrase is used repeatedly in the film Pink Floyd The Wall.

In biology:

• A common name of plants of the genus Dicentra, which have heart-shaped flowers.
• Any of several species of ground dove in the genus Gallicolumba, including
  • Luzon Bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba luzonica
  • Mindanao Bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba crinigera
  • Mindoro Bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba platenae
  • Negros Bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba keayi

Or it may refer to:

• Bleeding Heart Yard in London