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heart Theme: LOVE tr. to love someone or something. (Teens.)Oh, I just, like, heart your letter.She's hearting him more every day.
pump n. the heart.He has the pump of a forty-year-old.My pump's getting sort of weak. ticker n. a heart.I've got a good strong ticker.His ticker finally gave out. tick-tock n. a heart.My tick-tock is as strong as an ox's.How long does an ox's tick-tock last, anyway?
heart noun 1 physical courage, especially as displayed in the commission of a crime US, 1937. 2 an amphetamine capsule, especially dextroamphetamine sulphate (trade name Dexedrine™). From the shape of the tablet US, 1965.► my heart bleeds for you; my heart bleedsfaux-sympathy, used ironically for expressing bitterness or jealousy US, 1968.► put the heart crosswaysto shock IRELAND, 1995
idiomheart► absence makes the heart grow fonder► a change of heart► do sth to your heart's content► sb's heart's desirebe ___ at heartused in order to say what someone is really like, even though they may seem to be something else:I guess I'm just a country girl at heart - I'd do anything to get out of the city.Disneyland is a marvellous place for children and those who are young at heart.a bleeding heartused about someone who you think feels too much sympathy for poor people, criminals, or other people who do not have many advantages:You don't have to be a bleeding heart to feel saddened by the imprisonment of young people.I expect the bleeding hearts will disapprove of any attempts to keep beggars off our streets.bleeding-heart: We are letting bleeding-heart liberals deter us from passing the laws that the country needs.break sb's heart1 if an event or situation breaks someone's heart, it makes them very sad or upset:It breaks my heart to see our lakes and rivers destroyed by pollution.If she marries Dilip and goes off to India, it'll break her mother's heart.2 to make someone very unhappy by ending a marriage or romantic relationship:Shauna broke his heart when she left him.You broke my heart. Why should I even talk to you?heartbroken: Meg was heartbroken when her kitten died.close/near to sb's heartif an idea, plan, or place is close to someone's heart, it is important to them and they care about it:However far I travel, Ireland and its people will always be close to my heart.Sylvie is trying to raise money for children in need, a cause that is near to her heart.cross my heart (and hope to die)spoken used in order to promise that what you are saying is true:I won't tell anyone what you've just told me - cross my heart."I don't believe Jan said that!" "She did. Cross my heart and hope to die."sb doesn't have the heart to do sthused in order to say that you are unwilling to say or do something that would make someone unhappy or upset:Jan came round late last night, almost in tears, and I didn't have the heart to tell her I had things to do.Dad did the ironing - all of it. Mom didn't have the heart to tell him she doesn't usually iron the socks.eat your heart outspoken said when you think someone else will wish they had or could do what you have or can do:Newcastle are now the team to support. Eat your heart out, Manchester United.I shook Tom Cruise's hand, and he gave me his autograph - so eat your heart out.NoteThis idiom is often used as a joke, to say that you have more skill at doing something than someone who is famous for doing it very wellI learned three new chords on the guitar today. Eric Clapton, eat your heart out. (straight) from the heartif something comes from the heart or is spoken from the heart, it is honest and expresses strong feeling:She welcomed us with friendship and warmth that came straight from the heartI haven't prepared a speech - I want to speak from the heart and tell you what this town means to me.get to the heart of sthto understand or deal with the most important part of a problem or situation:The planned reorganization of the city's transport system does not get to the heart of the problem or make the changes we really need.My first aim in counselling a married couple is to get to the heart of the question of why their marriage is under stress.have a change of heartto begin to feel and think differently about something, especially so that you change a decision that you have made about it:After saying that they could not set up a hostel for homeless people, the council had a change of heart and started looking for a way to fund it.Sunlight Travel will try to make new arrangements if you have a change of heart about where you want to spend your holiday.have a heart!spoken used in order to ask someone not to be strict or unkind:Have a heart, Brian - the kids are tired and hungry. Let them eat first, and we'll find out what happened later."Right, go round the track again, and make it faster." "Oh come on, coach, have a heart!"have a heart of goldused about someone who is very kind, especially when they do not seem to be kind:Your uncle helped a lot of people - he had a heart of gold.They say Vinnie has a heart of gold when he's not playing football.have a heart of stoneto be very unkind or unsympathetic:You would need a heart of stone not to be moved by the pictures of sick children from the war zone.I was sure that, unless the magistrate had a heart of stone, he would be affected by my story.sb's heart is in the right placeused in order to say that even though someone does not seem very helpful or kind, they do care about other people and want to be kind and helpful:She's very strict with the kids in the classroom, but her heart's in the right place.Boorman admits the remarks sounded sexist, but he insists his heart is in the right place.in your heart of heartsif you know or feel something in your heart of hearts, you really know that it is true although you do not want to admit it or believe it:David encouraged Lucy to apply for a new job, but in his heart of hearts he hoped that she would not get it.Why do we keep trying to make more money, when we know in our heart of hearts that what we need is something quite different?lose heart —see take heartmy heart bleeds (for sb)spoken used in order to say that you do not feel any sympathy for someone, especially someone who thinks you should:"It's your fault I'm in this mess, anyway." "Yeah, my heart bleeds for you."Steve and Olga can't afford their holiday in the Bahamas this year - poor things, my heart bleeds.Note This idiom uses sarcasm, which is a common way of showing that you dislike or disapprove of someone or something by saying something that is the opposite of what you mean. Sarcasm is often quite rude, especially in situations where you do not know people very well. pour out your heart (to sb)(also open your heart (to sb))to tell someone everything that you are thinking or feeling:He poured out his heart to me that night, saying that he had no hope for the future.Marjorie wept as she opened her heart in interviews, admitting to the unhappiness of her twenty-year marriage.set your heart on (doing) sthto want something, or want to do something, very much:I had set my heart on a video recorder, and was tempted to take out a loan so that I could buy it.Tom's set his heart on working for Macmullen's - he isn't even looking for any other jobs.sick at heartvery sad or upset about something:I said goodbye to my old friend and left the prison, sick at heart.I felt sick at heart when I saw the expression on his face and I knew he would never forgive me.strike at the heart of sthto do something that damages or begins to destroy a basic idea or way of doing things that is very important to a particular society or group:The new restrictions on union activity strike at the very heart of the trade union movement.If the spending cuts are implemented, they will strike at the heart of our education system.take heartto be encouraged and begin to feel more certain that you will succeed:People who want tighter controls on industrial pollution can take heart from a recent case in which a factory owner was fined £5 000.Reaching the top of the ridge, the walkers took heart, and felt more certain of reaching home before dark.opposite lose heart: Branwell went to London to seek admission to the Royal Academy Schools, but he lost heart as soon as he arrived and never even began.take sth to heartto be strongly affected by something that someone says to you, so that you are upset by it or think seriously about it:When you read the interviewer's comments, don't take them to heart as damning criticism - they are meant to help you improve your performance.Claire had obviously taken Jacob's warning to heart, and was extremely polite to the visitors.the way to sb's heartthe best way to please someone or make them like you:Anna, who certainly knew the way to my father's heart, had brought a bottle of wine."That dress makes you look fat." "Hasn't anyone told you that flattery is the way to a girl's heart?"wear your heart on your sleeveto show your true feelings openly:Nichols has a cynical sense of humour and does not wear his heart on his sleeve; he may in fact be incapable of directing a sentimental movie.If you wear your heart on your sleeve in this company, you will be destroyed by office politics and dirty dealing.Note This idiom comes from the very old custom of a man wearing something on his sleeve that was given to him by the woman he loved. with all your heartif you feel something with all your heart, you feel it very strongly:Miranda escaped from the party and hid in the kitchen, wishing with all her heart that she could go home.Vicky and James had married young, and it was obvious that she loved him with all her heart.young at heartused about people who enjoy things that younger people enjoy, even though they are no longer very young themselves:For the young and young at heart, Stresa has plenty of bars and nightlife to choose from.Dreamland is a great day out for anyone who likes a thrill and is still young at heart.young-at-heart: Young-at-heart director Steven Spielberg has unveiled plans for his latest blockbuster movie, starring Gene Hackman.your heart goes out to sbused in order to say that you feel great sympathy for another person:Jane has worked hard to reach the semi-final, and our hearts go out to her as she leaves the track, defeated by injury.He looked so lonely and afraid that Donna's heart went out to him.your heart is in your bootsBrE old-fashioned used in order to say that you feel very anxious or afraid about something that is likely to happen:It became obvious that I would have the deciding vote, and my heart was in my boots, because I was about to become very unpopular with some important people.your heart isn't in itused in order to say that you do not really want to do what you are doing:Jonah started another song, but his heart wasn't in it anymore, and he stopped after a couple of verses.I've told Brenda that her work needs to improve, but she's getting really bored with that job and it's obvious her heart's not in it.your heart skipped/missed a beatused in order to say that you were very excited, surprised, or frightened:My heart skipped a beat when I saw the tall, elegant figure in the doorway.For a moment, Carl thought the police had seen him, and his heart missed a beat.your heart was in your mouthused in order to say that you felt very nervous or frightened:My heart was in my mouth - I was sure the tree was going to hit him.Once a child is born, you are destined to spend at least 18 years with your hand in your wallet and your heart in your mouth.
heart tv. to love someone or something. (Teens.) She’s hearting him more every day. - (one's) heart bleeds for (someone)
- (one's) heart goes out to (someone)
- (one's) heart is in (one's) boots
- (one's) heart is in (one's) mouth
- (one's) heart is in the right place
- (one's) heart is set against (something)
- (one's) heart is set on (something)
- (one's) heart isn't in it
- (one's) heart leaps
- (one's) heart misses a beat
- (one's) heart of hearts
- (one's) heart out
- (one's) heart sinks into (one's) boots
- (one's) heart skips a beat
- (one's) heart stands still
- (one's) heart's desire
- a bleeding heart
- a change of heart
- a cry from the heart
- a faint heart
- a heart of gold
- a heavy purse makes a light heart
- a light purse makes a heavy heart
- a man after (one's) own heart
- a man, woman, etc. after your own heart
- a song in (one's) heart
- a song in your heart
- a stout heart
- a woman after (one's) own heart
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder
- aching heart
- after (one's) own heart
- after one's own heart
- after your own heart
- at heart
- bare (one's) heart
- be all heart
- be close to (one's) heart
- be close/dear/near to somebody's heart
- be engraved in (one's) memory
- be engraved in (one's) mind
- be engraved on (one's) heart
- be engraved on/in your heart/memory/mind
- be etched on (one's) heart
- be etched on (one's) memory
- be etched on (one's) mind
- be etched on your heart/memory/mind
- be near to (one's) heart
- be not for the faint-hearted
- be sick at heart
- be still my beating heart
- be still my heart
- be young at heart
- be, stay, etc. young at heart
- be/feel sick at heart
- beef-hearts
- bleeding heart
- bless (one's) heart
- bottom of (one's) heart
- break (one's) heart
- break heart
- break somebody's heart
- break someone's heart
- break someone's heart, to
- break your heart
- broken-hearted
- by heart
- change of heart
- change of heart, a
- chicken-hearted
- close to (one's) heart
- close to your heart
- cockles of (one's) heart
- cockles of heart
- Cold hands, warm heart
- cold heart, a
- colder than the shady side of a banker's heart
- cross heart
- cross my heart
- cross my heart (and hope to die)
- cross my heart (and point to God/hope to die)
- cross my heart and hope to die
- crux of the matter
- cry (one's) eyes out
- cry (one's) heart out
- cry from the heart
- cry heart out
- cry one's eyes out
- cry your heart out
- dear to (one's) heart
- die of a broken heart
- do (one's) heart good
- do heart good
- do one good
- do one's heart good, to
- do somebody's heart good
- eat (one's) heart out
- eat heart out
- eat one’s heart out
- eat one's heart out
- eat one's heart out, to
- eat your heart out
- emptier than a banker's heart
- enshrine (someone or something) in (one's) heart
- enshrine in heart
- faint heart never won fair lady
- faint of heart
- feel sick at heart
- find it in (one's) heart to (do something)
- find it in heart
- find it in one's heart
- find it in one's heart, (not) to
- find it in your heart to do something
- follow (one's) heart
- follow heart
- from the bottom of (one's) heart
- from the bottom of heart
- from the bottom of my heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- from the bottom of your heart
- from the depths of (one's) heart
- from the heart
- get to the heart of
- get to the heart of (something)
- give (one) heart failure
- give someone heart failure
- good-hearted
- half a heart
- half a heart, with
- half-hearted
- half-hearted about (someone or something)
- harden (one's) heart
- harden (one's) heart against (someone or something)
- harden one's heart
- harden your heart
- harden your heart against somebody/something
- have (one's) (best) interests at heart
- have (one's) heart (dead) set against (something)
- have (one's) heart go out to (someone)
- have (one's) heart in (one's) mouth
- have (one's) heart in (something)
- have (one's) heart in the right place
- have (one's) heart on (one's) sleeve
- have (one's) heart set on (something)
- have (one's) heart stand still
- have (something) at heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart
- have a heart of glass
- have a heart of gold
- have a heart of stone
- have a heart-to-heart
- have a heart-to-heart (talk)
- have a heavy heart
- have a light heart
- have best interest at heart
- have heart failure
- have heart go out to
- have heart in mouth
- have heart in the right place
- have heart set against
- have heart set on
- have heart stand still
- have no heart for
- have no heart for (something)
- have somebody's interests at heart
- have the heart
- have the heart (to do something)
- have your heart in
- have your heart in the right place
- have your heart in your mouth
- heart
- heart and soul
- heart goes out to, one's
- heart in it, have one's
- heart in one's mouth, have one's
- heart in one's mouth, to have one's
- heart in the right place, have one's
- heart in the right place, to have one's
- heart misses a beat
- heart misses a beat, one's
- heart not in it
- heart of glass
- heart of gold
- heart of gold, (to have) a
- heart of oak
- heart of stone
- heart of stone, to have a
- heart sinks
- heart sinks, one's
- heart skips a beat
- heart to heart
- heartbreaking
- hearts and flowers
- hearts and minds
- heart's content, to one's
- heart-to-heart
- heart-to-heart talk
- heart-to-heart talk, a
- heavy heart, a
- heavy heart, with a
- heavy-hearted
- Home is where the heart is
- hope deferred makes the heart sick
- in (one's) heart of hearts
- in good heart
- in heart of hearts
- in one's heart of hearts
- in your heart of hearts
- It is a poor heart that never rejoices
- it is a sad heart that never rejoices
- know (something) by heart
- know by heart
- learn (something) by heart
- learn by heart
- let (one's) heart rule (one's) head
- let your heart rule your head
- light heart
- light purse makes a heavy heart
- lose (one's) heart to (someone)
- lose (one's) life
- lose heart
- lose heart to
- lose your heart
- man after my own heart
- my heart bleeds for you
- near to (one's) heart
- near to one's heart
- not have (one's) heart in (something)
- not have one's heart in it
- not have the heart
- not have the heart to
- not have the heart to do
- one's heart goes out to
- one's heart is in mouth
- one's heart is in the right place
- one's heart is set against
- one's heart is set on
- one's heart misses a beat
- one's heart stands still
- open (one's) heart (to someone)
- open heart to
- open one's heart to
- open your heart
- out of the goodness of heart
- out of the goodness of your heart
- out the goodness of (one's) heart
- out the kindness of (one's) heart
- pierce (one's) heart
- pierce someone's heart
- pin (one's) heart on (one's) sleeve
- pin (one's) heart to (one's) sleeve
- play (one's) heart out
- play on the/(one's) heartstrings
- pour (one's) heart out (to someone)
- pour heart out to
- pour out (one's) heart (to someone)
- pour out one's heart
- pour your heart out
- put (one's) hand on (one's) heart
- put (one's) heart (and soul) into (something)
- put (one's) heart and soul into (something)
- put heart into
- rip the heart out of (something)
- rip/tear the heart out of something
- search (one's) heart
- search your heart/soul/conscience
- set (one's) heart against (something)
- set (one's) heart at rest
- set (one's) heart on (something)
- set heart against
- set heart on
- set one's heart at rest, to
- set one's heart on
- set one's heart on, to
- set your heart on
- set your heart on something
- set your heart/mind on something/on doing something
- sick at heart
- sing (one's) heart out
- sob (one's) heart out
- sob your heart out
- speak from the/(one's) heart
- stay young at heart
- steal (one's) heart
- steal heart
- steal somebody's heart
- steal someone's heart
- steel (one's) heart against (someone or something)
- steel one's heart against
- strike at the heart of (something)
- strike fear into (one)
- strike fear into (one's) heart
- strike fear, terror, etc. into somebody/somebody's heart
- strike terror into (one's) heart
- take (someone or something) into (one's) heart
- take (something) to heart
- take heart
- take into heart
- take something to heart
- take to heart
- take to heart, to
- tear (one's) heart out
- tear the heart out of (something)
- the crux of the matter
- the faint of heart
- the fullness of (one's) heart
- the fullness of your heart
- the heart of the matter
- the heart wants what it wants
- the hearts and minds of (the members of some group)
- the way to (one's) heart
- the way to somebody's heart
- to (one's) heart's content
- to (one's) heart's desire
- to heart's content
- to one's heart's content
- to your heart's content
- warm heart, a
- warm the cockles of (one's) heart
- warm the cockles of heart
- warm the cockles of one's heart
- warm the cockles of one's heart, to
- warm the cockles of someone's heart
- warm the cockles of your heart
- way to a man's heart is through his stomach
- way to a man's heart, the
- wear (one's) heart on (one's) sleeve
- wear heart on sleeve
- wear one's heart on one's sleeve
- wear one's heart on one's sleeve, to
- wear your heart on your sleeve
- weep (one's) heart out
- what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over
- win (one's) heart
- win heart
- win somebody's heart
- with (one's) hand on (one's) heart
- with (one's) whole heart
- with a heavy heart
- with a heavy/sinking heart
- with a light heart
- with all (one's) heart
- with all heart
- with all my heart
- with all one's heart
- with all your heart/your whole heart
- with half a heart
- with your hand on your heart
- young at heart
- your heart bleeds for somebody
- your heart bleeds for someone
- your heart goes out to somebody
- your heart is in the right place
- your heart is in your mouth
- your heart isn't in something
- your heart leaps
- your heart misses a beat
- your heart out
- your heart sinks
- your heart sinks into your boots
- your heart's desire
- your, his, etc. heart is in the right place
- your/somebody's heart is not in it
- you're breaking my heart
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