{"id":72856,"date":"2019-11-15T05:44:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T05:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72856"},"modified":"2019-11-15T05:44:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T05:44:48","slug":"heart-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/heart-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following idioms and expressions are built around the word \u2018heart\u2019. Each idiom is followed by its meaning \/ definition and example sentences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Break someone&#8217;s heart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To break someone\u2019s heart is to hurt him \/ her. This idiom is often used to talk about failed romantic relationships.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She has broken many hearts.<\/li>\n<li>He is nursing a broken heart. (= A romantic relationship he was involved in has failed.)<\/li>\n<li>His failure in the exam broke his Dad\u2019s heart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>From the bottom of my heart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you say something from the bottom of your heart, you are completely sincere.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is the best guy you can find. I mean that from the bottom of my heart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Get at the heart of the matter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To get at the heart of the matter is to deal with the main issue \/ concern.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let\u2019s get right at the heart of the matter without wasting any time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cross your heart and hope to die<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This expression is used to swear that you are telling the truth.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Would you cross your heart and hope to die? I won\u2019t believe you otherwise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eat your heart out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To eat your heart out is to be jealous of someone else.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When she sees your new car she will eat her heart out.<\/li>\n<li>I have won a lottery. Eat your heart out!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Follow your heart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To follow your heart is to do what you believe is right.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Her parents were against her relationship with Peter. Nonetheless, she followed her heart and married him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be halfhearted about something<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are halfhearted about something, you do not take it very seriously.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are halfhearted about your studies, you are not going to get good marks.<\/li>\n<li>He was rather halfhearted in his attempts to find a good job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have a change of heart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To have a change of heart is to change one\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I don\u2019t know why she had a change of heart at the last moment. When I talked to her yesterday, she seemed very interested in the offer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have a heart of gold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To have a heart of gold is to be trustworthy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I think you should give him another chance to prove himself. He has a heart of gold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have a heart of stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have a heart of stone, you are very cold and unforgiving.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can\u2019t expect her to help you. She has a heart of stone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have a heart-to-heart talk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To have a heart-to-heart talk is to have an open and honest conversation with someone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Betty wanted to save her marriage, so she decided that it was time to have a heart-to-heart talk with her husband.<\/li>\n<li>I think it\u2019s time we had a heart-to-heart talk about your problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have your heart in the right place \/ One&#8217;s heart in the right place<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To have your heart in the right place is to have the right intentions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His words might have offended you but I am sure that he has his heart in the right place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Know something by heart \/ learn something by heart<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You have to learn this poem by heart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have one&#8217;s heart set on something \/ Have one\u2019s heart set against something<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To have your heart set on something is to absolutely want something. When you have your heart set against something, you don\u2019t want it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If he has his heart set on something, there is nothing that can stop him.<\/li>\n<li>She has her heart set against moving to Chicago. There is nothing that I can do to persuade her to change her decision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>One&#8217;s heart misses a beat \/ One&#8217;s heart skips a beat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When your heart misses a beat, you are completely surprised something.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My heart missed a beat when they announced that I was the winner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following idioms and expressions are built around the word \u2018heart\u2019. Each idiom is followed by its meaning \/ definition and example sentences. Break someone&#8217;s heart To break someone\u2019s heart is to hurt him&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1],"tags":[1061,1866],"class_list":["post-72856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","category-uncategorized","tag-heart-idioms","tag-idioms-about-heart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72858,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72856\/revisions\/72858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}