Dreaming of Breaking Things

break, crack, shatter, smash · negative

Breaking things in a dream foretells mismanagement, quarrels and loss.

What happens in the dream

  • You break a window: bereavement
  • You break a limb: mismanagement and likely failure
  • You break furniture: domestic quarrels and an uneasy mind
  • A broken ring: jealousy will stir up furious quarrels

How you felt

  • Strain: feeling that something is about to give
  • Pent-up anger

Ask yourself

  • What in my life is close to breaking?
  • What anger am I holding back?

See also Glass · Window · Furniture · Ring · Quarrel

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: crack, shatter, smash.

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