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Idiom

Meaning

Example Sentence

1. - Heart is in your chest

- Your heart is in your chest. At least it is in most people. (muscles, bones, internal organs, heart)

2.- Not got hearts

- There are some people who haven't got hearts... She has no heart .

3. - She's a cold, heartless killer.

- These are people who are not concerned. about the happiness of others. They are cruel and feel no pity.

Stabbed in the back!

4. Heart's in the right place

- Heart's in the right place. This means that the person is kind.

- Luckily, most people do have their heart in the right place.

5 .- Interests at heart

- When someone has your best interests at heart. it means that they are concerned about your welfare and success.

- He's not a very efficient boss, but his heart's in the right place.

6. -Know it by heart.

- Know it by heart: Means that is Memorrise something completely.

- My piano teacher made me play the piece until I knew it by heart.

7. - Best interest at heart

- When someone has your best interests at heart. it means that they are concerned about your welfare and success.

- She only had my best interest at heart, but is was still hard work.

8. – Heart = to be in love

- When you're in love, strange things can happen to your heart.

- Your heart can melt!

- Your heart can break!

- Your heart can ache!

- Your heart can sink!

9 - Heart melted

- It means that she was affected emotionally by his look and she was unable to control her feelings.

- Her heart melted when he looked at her.

10 - Special place in her heart.

- You could also say that he had won a special place in her heart or that he had captured her heart.

11. - Heart - to - heart

- Unfortunately romance and love don't always last. This is especially true if you can't have heart - to - heart with each other to sort out your differences.

- A heart - to - heart is a deep emotional conversation where each tells the honestly how they feel.

12 - Heart sink

- The way she looked at him made his heart sink.

13. - Poured her heart out

- She poured her heart out to him but he refused to listen.

14 . -broken - hearted, hearted - broken , aching heart,heart - ache

- Meaning she had a great sadness. She was very sad and unhappy.

- She was broken - hearted

- She had an aching heart ( heart - ache).

15.- Lonely heart

- He was just another lonely heart looking for romance and some to love.

16. - After my own heart

- After my own heart doesn't mean that he actually want to have my heart in his hand. It means that he shares the same ideas and beliefs as me.

- He's man after my own heart.

17. - Close to my heart

- "Close to my heart " means that it is very important for me.

- One subject that is close to my heart is spaceflight.

18. Goodness of my heart.

- Means that I do it because I feel strongly about it, not because I have been toor want a reward.

- I try to help the environment out of the goodness of my heart.

19. - Hearts of gold

- They used their lottery win to buy a new scanner for the local hospital.

- They have hearts of gold.

20. From the bottom of their hearts

- Sincerely and passionately

- Patients and staff thanked them from the bottom of their hearts.

21. - Wear my heart on my sleeve

- People are always telling me that I wear my heart on my sleeve. but I always feel it's best to show my true feelings opnly about everything.

22. Struck terror into the hearts

- When the Hindenburg crashed the sight struck terror into the hearts of all who witnessed it.

23 - Cried their hearts out

- Many withnesses just sat there and cried their hearts out.

24 - Heart sank

- My heart sank as I watched.

25 - Have the heart

- I don't have the heart to throw away food. Not when there are people starving in the world so I walways eat it myself.

26. - Heart was in my mouth

- My heart was in my mouth when I asked the boss for a pay - rise.

27. - Heavy - heart

- When he refused, I left the office with a heavy - heart.

28. - Set my heart on

- I had set my heart on getting that pay - rise.

29. - Sick at heart to heart

- I was sick at heart to heart that the boss' blue -eyed boy had got his pay - rise.

30. - Heart's just in this one

- Maybe it's time I changed jobs, My heart's just in this one anymore.

31 - Heart goes out to

- My heart goes out to those poor people who have lost everything in that flood.

32. - Tugs at my heart - strings

- This heart - rending picture really tugs at my heart - strings.

33. - Find it in their heart

- Today the press heartily encourage people to find it in their heart to donate to disaster funds.

34. - Lost heart

- I almost lost heart in my art after years of getting nowhere. But now my paintings are beginning to get noticed.

35. - Straight from the heart

- I think it's because I' ve started to paint straight from the heart.

36 - Heart and soul

- Since I started putting heart and soul into my work I ' ve seven pictures.

37.- Eat your heart out

- Vincent, eat your heart out!

38. - Heart misses a beat

- Every time the gallery phones my heart misses a beat.

39. - Heartening

- It is very heartening when peaple recognise your talent.