肝肠寸断的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
liver/bowel/inch/broken
to be heartbroken as the liver and bowels have been cut to pieces

[解释]
肝肠一寸寸断开，比喻伤心到极点。

[Explanation]
to break one's heart

[例子]
知道自己的儿子在伊拉克死亡后，这位母亲肝肠寸断。

[Example]
Knowing that her son died in Iraq, the mother was extremely sad.

Her heart was torn by grief.
她肝肠寸断.

The old man was sorrow-stricken after hearing the news of his son's death.
得知儿子的死讯，老人肝肠寸断。

He was broken-hearted when his wife died.
他在妻子死去时,肝肠寸断.