Idioms of the Heart

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Broke my heart - great disappointment
By heart - from memory
At heart - fundamentally, in essence
Warms my heart - makes me very happy
Set my heart against - completely opposed
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Had a change of heart - changed mind
Take to heart - think seriously
Heartfelt - deeply felt
Heartache - sorrow, distress
Heart to heart talk - intimate chat
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Lose one’s heart - to fall in love
Lose heart - lost courage or spirit
Heart and soul - intense earnestness, wholly
Heartbreaking - very sad and terrible
Heavy heart - feeling depressed and sad
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To my heart’s content - as much and as long as desired
With all my heart - giving all of your affections
Heartless - without any feeling or emotion
Heartbreaker - a person anyone could fall in love with, but who would not be
true
20. Heart of the message - secret meaning or real intention
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Heart in his mouth - to be greatly frightened or excited
Set one’s heart at rest - to set aside doubts, fears, worries
Wears her heart on her sleeve - shows her feelings, intentions very readily
Lonely Hearts Club - club for people looking for lovers
You don’t have a heart - You are cold and unfeeling
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Put your heart into it - put your emotion and feeling
Her heart leaped for joy - great emotion
Bleeding heart liberals - emotional advocates of social policies that help victims
Cheating heart - lover who is unfaithful to his/her mate
Faint of heart - person who doesn’t have courage and love to pursue a path
31. Half hearted - perform a task without enthusiasm
32. Purple heart - medal given to wounded soldiers in U. S. Army
33. A person after my own heart - a person who shares my personal tastes and
ideas
34. Knife in my heart - feeling very hurt and upset by someone you love
35. ___ pulls on my heartstrings - causes me to feel loving and concerned
36. “Be still my beating heart” - speaker feels a strong attraction for someone
37. “There will always be a place for you in my heart” - I will always care for you but
probably at a distance!
38. Heart’s delight - something that really affects you happily
39. Hole in my heart - feeling hurt and empty by a loved one
40. Heart of darkness - evil in the center of soul
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Heartland - the middle of a country; in the U. S. it’s the Midwest
Braveheart – a leader who shows great courage and warmth
Stomping on my heart - your loved one really hurts you
Heart sings - Feel excited and happy about lover
Hearthrob - a sexually desirable man
Dr. Beverly R. Wills