Heart Idioms

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Date: Oct 05 2007
Topic: Idioms and Slang

Author: rhyme_reason

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• When I saw how good the other contestants were I began to lose heart a bit.
• Don't lose heart. We can still do well.

• My heart sank when I saw how much work was left to do.
• Her heart sank when she heard the bad news.

• I've set my heart on getting a Ferrari before I am thirty.
• She set her heart on getting that job so she's very disappointed.

• I took heart from your words of encouragement.
• We should take heart from our improved performance in Italy.

• She really wanted to borrow it and I didn't have the heart to say no.
• When he pleaded with me, I didn't have the heart to say no.

• It breaks my heart to sell my car but it's become too unreliable.
• It breaks my heart to leave here. I've really enjoyed it.

• Fighting world hunger is a subject close to my heart.
• Punctuality is a subject close to my heart.

• He appears bad –tempered but he's got a heart of gold.
• Under that gruff exterior lurks a heart of gold.

• I'm going to give up this job. My heart is not in it any more.
• She went through the motions but her heart just wasn't in it.

• In my heart of hearts, I never really wanted to leave here.
• I'm happy in my management job but in my heart of hearts I'd rather still be a researcher.

• We weren't going to give him the promotion but then we had a change of heart.
• After a change of heart, she finally agreed to move to Berlin.

• He is a bit rude sometimes but his heart is in the right place.
• She makes a lot of mistakes but her heart is in the right place and she always does her best.

• I've decided to learn the English irregular verbs by heart.
• There is no need to tell me about it. I've read so much about it that I know all the details by heart.

• Something is bothering him. I'm going to have a heart-to-heart talk with him and find out what it is.
• We need to have a heart-to-heart discussion and clear the air between us.

• He is a good all-round manager but at heart he's an engineer.
• I want you to know that we have your best interests at heart in sending you to Berlin for a year.

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