Heart Idioms
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Meaning: To be deeply hurt or upset by something someone says or does.
Example: When Emily joked about Ryan's presentation, he took it to heart and felt embarrassed for the rest of the meeting. Read more ➺
Meaning: To memorize something completely.
Example: Emily knew the entire poem by heart after practicing it every evening for a week. Read more ➺
Meaning: To strongly affect someone emotionally, especially by causing sympathy, sadness, or compassion.
Example: The film's emotional ending was meant to pull your heartstrings and leave the audience in tears. Read more ➺
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 ➺
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 ➺
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 ➺
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 ➺
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 ➺
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 ➺
Meaning: To begin to love someone deeply.
Example: After years of friendship, she finally decided to give her heart to him. Read more ➺
