{"id":71943,"date":"2019-08-31T08:23:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T08:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=71943"},"modified":"2019-08-31T08:23:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T08:23:27","slug":"idioms-with-heart-heart-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idioms-with-heart-heart-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms With Heart | Heart Idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>At heart<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is a nice person at heart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be in good heart<\/strong> = be happy and hopeful<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Investors are still in good heart, despite recent stock market falls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Close\/dear\/near to someone\u2019s heart<\/strong> = very important or interesting to someone<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That is obviously a topic very close to her heart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Do someone\u2019s heart good<\/strong> = make someone feel happy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have something at heart<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A mother always has her child\u2019s welfare at heart. (= A mother\u2019s actions are always influenced by her love for her child.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have a heart of gold<\/strong> = be a very kind person<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have a heart of stone<\/strong> = be very unsympathetic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have your heart set on something<\/strong> = decide that you want something very much<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He has his heart set on winning the championship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Heart goes out to someone<\/strong> = used for saying that you feel sorry for someone else<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My heart goes out to the parents who lost their loved ones in the mishap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Someone\u2019s heart is not in something<\/strong> = someone has lost interest in something that they are doing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His heart was no longer in the project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In someone\u2019s heart \/ in someone\u2019s heart of hearts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In his heart of hearts he knew that she was right.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Not have the heart to do something<\/strong> = not be able to do something because it is very cruel.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I didn\u2019t have the heart to tell him that he had been sacked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Play \/ work \/ sing your heart out<\/strong> = put a lot of effort into playing etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The children played their hearts out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cry your heart out<\/strong> = cry a lot<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take something to heart<\/strong> = think about something very seriously<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You must not take everything people say to heart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To your heart\u2019s content<\/strong> = as much as you like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She partied to her heart\u2019s content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wear \/ have your heart on your sleeve<\/strong> = be honest about your feelings; express your feelings freely<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She is someone who wears her heart on her sleeve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>With your heart in your mouth<\/strong> = when you have your heart in your mouth you are feeling very nervous.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She opened the envelope and started reading the letter with her heart in her mouth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At heart He is a nice person at heart. Be in good heart = be happy and hopeful Investors are still in good heart, despite recent stock market falls. 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