Heart Idioms

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hale and hearty

Meaning: In excellent health; strong, fit, and full of life.

Example: After recovering from surgery, my grandfather is now hale and hearty again. Read more ➺


hold your heart

Meaning: To keep emotions under control, holding back love, sadness, or fear.

Example: She told him to hold your heart and stay calm during the heartbreaking news. Read more ➺


eat your heart out

Meaning: To boast or show off in a playful or teasing way.

Example: After winning the trophy, he held it up with a grin and said, eat your heart out. Read more ➺


set one’s heart ablaze

Meaning: Expresses being deeply inspired or passionately motivated by a purpose, belief, or cause.

Example: The speech by the activist truly set her heart ablaze with purpose. Read more ➺


follow your heart

Meaning: Making choices guided by personal emotions and instincts instead of external advice.

Example: She chose to follow her heart and opened her dream bakery in the countryside. Read more ➺


heart of stone

Meaning: Lacking empathy, kindness, or compassion.

Example: The manager’s decision to fire his employees without any explanation showed his heart of stone. Read more ➺


give your heart

Meaning: To begin to love someone deeply.

Example: After years of friendship, she finally decided to give her heart to him. Read more ➺


young at heart

Meaning: feeling and behaving in a lively, energetic, and cheerful way, regardless of age.

Example: Despite being in his seventies, he remains young at heart, always ready for a new adventure. Read more ➺


heart of gold

Meaning: typically refers to someone who is kind, generous, and caring.

Example: Despite facing financial struggles herself, Bella always finds ways to help those in need, truly possessing a heart of gold. Read more ➺


chicken hearted

Meaning: not brave.

Example: Daisy was too chicken-hearted in the meeting to speak up, even though she knew the board was making the wrong decision. Read more ➺


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