Why do people say “You gave me a heart attack” when they mean “You made my heart skip a beat”?

2021-04-12 2:14 pm
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@Ben Doesn’t your heart skip a beat or two when you’re startled? Mine does.

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2021-04-13 1:32 am
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They are exaggerating.

Just be thankful they didn't say "You literally gave me a heart attack".
2021-04-12 10:53 pm
They don't. 
"You gave me a heart attack." is something you say when you have been greatly startled or frightened by something someone did. That's not the same as “You made my heart skip a beat” at all. 
2021-04-13 12:55 am
The expression is:  "you almost gave me a heart attack."
2021-04-12 4:47 pm
It's the more polite thing to say, as opposed to,
'you scared the $h!t out of me' (when you did that) etc.. :)
2021-04-17 3:43 am
Probably neither is the truth. 

Update: 
A good experiment while connected to an EKG machine. 
Let someone startle you! 
I doubt that your heart skips a beat. 
The heartrate may increase. 
2021-04-15 3:51 am
Its a figure of speech and an exaggeration so it isn't taken literally, but it means that they got really startled or scared. Hope this helped :D
2021-04-14 3:43 pm
Saying that 'you gave me a heart attack' is a deliberate and extreme exaggeration for effect.  They don't mean it literally - they just mean that 'you frightened me a lot.'

Even saying that 'you made my heart skip a beat' is exaggeration, but just a very small one.  Hearts don't really skip beats unless you have a heart defect.  When you're started, it just feels like it's skipped a beat.
2021-04-13 11:14 am
Judging by your update, it appears that you don't know what "You made my heart skip a beat" means. It means you felt a sudden burst of romantic attraction toward someone when you saw them.  This bears no relation whatsoever to "you almost gave me a heart attack".  That means you were scared, startled. Like when someone hides then jumps out and shouts "BOO!"
2021-04-13 7:16 am
The fact that there are two ways to say something does not mean that one of them is wrong.
2021-04-12 2:16 pm
Not even that, more like a panic attack.


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