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In addition to the idioms beginning with HEART, Also see ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER; AFTER ONE'S OWN HEART; AT HEART; BREAK SOMEONE'S HEART; BY HEART; CHANGE OF HEART; COLD HANDS, WARM HEART; CROSS MY HEART; CRY ONE'S EYES (HEART) OUT; CUT TO THE QUICK (HEART); DO ONE (ONE'S HEART) GOOD; EAT ONE'S HEART OUT; FIND IT IN ONE'S HEART; FROM THE BOTTOM OF ONE'S HEART; GET TO THE HEART OF; GIVE SOMEONE HEART FAILURE; HALF A HEART; HARDEN ONE'S HEART; HAVE A HEART; HAVE NO HEART FOR; HEAVY HEART; IN ONE'S HEART OF HEARTS; LOSE HEART; LOSE ONE'S HEART TO; NEAR TO ONE'S HEART; NOT HAVE THE HEART TO; OPEN ONE'S HEART; POUR OUT ONE'S HEART; SET ONE'S HEART ON; SICK AT HEART; STEAL SOMEONE'S HEART; STEEL ONE'S HEART AGAINST; TAKE HEART; TAKE TO HEART; TO ONE'S HEART'S CONTENT; WARM HEART; WARM THE COCKLES OF ONE'S HEART; WEAR ONE'S HEART ON ONE'S SLEEVE; WITH ALL ONE'S HEART; YOUNG AT HEART.
American Heritage Idioms
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verbs
sb’s heart beats
• Her heart was beating fast.
sb’s heart pounds/thuds/thumps
(= it beats very strongly )
• He reached the top, his heart pounding.
sb’s heart races
(= it beats very fast )
• Was there someone in the alley? Joe’s heart began to race.
heart + NOUN
heart trouble/problems
• You should not take this medication if you have heart problems.
heart disease
• Smoking increases the risk of heart disease.
a heart condition
(= something wrong with your heart )
• The baby was born with a heart condition.
sb’s heart rate
(= the number of times someone’s heart beats per minute )
• Your heart rate increases as you exercise.
adjectives
healthy
• Eating oily fish can help maintain a healthy heart.
a bad/weak heart
(= an unhealthy heart )
• The effort proved too much for her weak heart.
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adjectives
a good/kind heart
(= a kind character )
• My father had a good heart.
a big heart
(= a kind and generous character )
• She may be only small, but she has a big heart.
a soft heart
(= a kind and sympathetic character )
• Julia’s soft heart had been touched by Minnie’s grief.
a cold/hard heart
(= used about someone who does not feel sympathy for other people )
• It takes a hard heart not to be moved by these images of suffering.
a heavy heart
(= feeling very sad )
• She made her way to the hospital with a heavy heart.
a light heart
(= feeling happy )
• Paul left for home with a light heart.
a broken heart
(= feeling very sad because of a problem in love )
• I wonder how many broken hearts Carlo was responsible for.
verbs
break sb’s heart
(= make someone feel very sad )
• It broke my heart to see him so sick.
follow your heart
(= do what your emotions want you to do )
• Go for it. Follow your heart. Who cares what everyone else thinks?
sb’s heart aches
(= to feel very sad )
• It made his heart ache to look at her
phrases
heart and soul
(= all your feelings )
• She loved Peter with all her heart and soul.
affairs of the heart
(= matters relating to love )
• I had little experience of affairs of the heart.
sb’s heart rules their head
(= someone makes decisions based on emotions rather than careful thought )
• He has never been one to let his heart rule his head.
a heart of gold
(= a very kind character )
• She was rather brisk in manner but with a heart of gold.
a heart of stone
(= a very cruel character )
• You’d have to have a heart of stone not to feel sorry for them.
be in good heart
(= to be happy and confident )
• The team was in good heart, despite their loss this weekend.
be sick at heart
(= to feel very unhappy )
• He was too sick at heart to know what to say.
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noun part of the body ADJ. healthy, strong | bad, weak | artificial | human HEART + VERB beat | pump sth The heart pumps blood through the body. | fail, stop | hammer, palpitate, pound, race, throb, thud, thump HEART + NOUN rate | complaint, condition, defect, disease, failure, murmur, problem, trouble | bypass, operation, surgery, transplant a triple heart bypass operation open-heart surgery feelings/emotions ADJ. big, good, kind, soft, tender, warm | cold, hard | broken | heavy, sinking With a heavy heart, she watched him go. | light He set off with a light heart. VERB + HEART have She has a kind heart. Have you no heart? | break He broke her heart. | gladden | steal, win | harden | open, pour out Finally, he broke down tears and poured out his heart to her. HEART + VERB jump, leap, lurch, miss/skip a beat Her heart leapt with joy. | ache My heart aches when I think of their sorrow. | desire sth everything your heart could desire | sink | go out Our hearts go out to (= we sympathize deeply with) the families of the victims. PREP. at ~ At heart he is a republican. | from the ~ I could tell he spoke from the heart. | in your ~ In my heart, I knew it wasn't true. PHRASES an affair of the heart (= a romance) Her novels tend to deal with affairs of the heart | a change of heart (= a change of attitude) He could have a change of heart and settle down to family life. | from the bottom of your heart I beg you, from the bottom of my heart, to spare his life. | heart and soul He committed himself heart and soul to the cause. | have a heart of gold/stone (= to be a kind/cruel person) (= no sympathetic feelings), the hearts and minds of sb to win the hearts and minds of the nation's youth | in good heart (= cheerful and well), put some/more heart into sth Let's sing it one more time from the beginning?and put some heart into it! | sick at heart (= very unhappy), with all your heart I wish you well with all my heart. important/central part ADJ. very VERB + HEART lie at The distinction between right and wrong lies at the heart of all questions of morality. | go to The committee's report went to the heart of the government's dilemma. PREP. at the ~ the issue at the heart of modern government | ~ of We live in the very heart of the city. PHRASES the heart of the matter/problem playing cardCARD
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