Heart Idioms
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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 ➺
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 ➺
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 ➺
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 ➺
Meaning: to not be strong enough to handle a situation.
Example: This movie is not for those who are faint of heart. You better go to bed right now. Read more ➺
Meaning: a place you feel connected to emotionally
Example: No matter where I go, it's always so lovely to come back here. Home is where the heart is after all. Read more ➺
Meaning: to stay confident and positive
Example: We lost the elections - it is a part of the game. But we absolutely take heart in the apparently greater awareness and involvement of the young generation in keeping the spirit of democracy. Read more ➺
Meaning: an event that makes you feel happy
Example: We watched a heart-touching movie about a boy who lived next to a concentration camp during the Second World War. Read more ➺
