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Dec 20, 2018 at 22:34	comment	added	LPH		@Lyzvaleska Taking into account that the form "glacer le sang" is totally familiar to me and that "glacer le cœur" is not, while it is not found in the dictionaries, it seems safer to conclude that this latter is far from being as common in the French language; nevertheless, as there is nothing wrong with it on the count of syntax I see no reason not to use it, provided a conviction that it is expressive enough motivates its use. I would however discourage the use of "glacer les sangs".
Dec 20, 2018 at 22:27	comment	added	LPH		@Lyzvaleska "glacer les sangs" is close, but really, you should say "glacer le sang"; that the only form I find in two dictionaries. It is a form I knew but couldn't remember at the time of writing down the answer; as you make me think of it I can recall that the only form I ever heard is in the singular. I don't think however that "glacer le cœur" could be a regionalisme; the reason is that this phrase is found in the works of a serious writer, Guy de Maupassant, and that, if not always, those writers tend to adhere to a language common to all; it is possibly a rare form.
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Dec 20, 2018 at 21:46	comment	added	Lyzvaleska		"Glacer le coeur" seems weird to me, it is more "glacer les sangs", but maybe it is a regionalism
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