heart-to-heart talk, a
heart-to-heart talk
A discussion that is honest and open, without any attempt to hide emotions. I know you two don't see eye-to-eye, but if you really sat down and had a heart-to-heart talk, I think you'd realize you are both working toward the same goal.
See also: talk
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
heart-to-heart (talk)
n. a serious and intimate discussion. We sat down and had a nice heart-to-heart for about an hour.
See also: talk
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
heart-to-heart talk, a
A confidential, intimate conversation. This expression, which implies that two persons are opening their hearts to each other, in fact often refers to a conversation in which one is warning or reproaching the other. The term dates from about 1900 and was sometimes abbreviated, as in S. E. White’s Rules of the Game (1910): “Let’s have a heart-to-heart, and find out how we stand.”
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- heart-to-heart talk
- see eye to eye
- see eye to eye, to
- see eye to eye with (someone)
- see eye to eye about (something)
- see eye to eye on (something)
- look (one) in the eye(s)
- look somebody in the eye/face
- look someone in the eye
- have (one's)/an eye out for (someone or something)