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open one s heart Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

absence makes the heart grow fonder

when friends are apart they like each other more When she's away I'm very lonely. Absence does make the heart grow fonder.

at heart

with feeling for you, with you in mind Believe me, she has your needs at heart. She cares about you.

best interests at heart

thinking of a person's needs, in mind When I give low grades, I still have your best interests at heart.

bleeding heart

one who begs for sympathy for victims, have a soft spot... "Hector is a bleeding heart for wolves. ""Save the wolves,"" he tells people in his speeches."

break someone's heart

make someone feel very disappointed/discouraged/sad.

break your heart

cause you to feel very sad and lonely Marilyn broke my heart. She left me for a younger man.

by heart

memorized every word, down pat Eva knew the speech by heart. She didn't look at her notes.

change of heart

a change in the way one feels about something I had a change of heart about not going to Europe for my holiday and finally decided to go.

cross my heart and hope to die

promise sincerely I'll pay you back on Friday, cross my heart and hope to die.

cry her heart out

cry a lot, sob, cry your eyes out Poor girl! She's crying her heart out because he hasn't called her.

downhearted

sad, unhappy, down """Are you downhearted, my dear?"" ""No. Just quiet, my love."""

eat your heart out

envy my prize, wish that you had one "When Kurt won the Porsche, he said, ""Eat your heart out, guys."""

faint of heart

timid, not courageous, chicken, lily-livered Sky diving is not for people who are faint of heart.

from the bottom of my heart

sincerely, with deep feeling For your kindness, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

from the heart

sincerely, honestly He gave her some flowers with a message straight from his heart.

get to the heart of

find the most important facts or central meaning of something We spent the morning trying to get to the heart of the problem with the computer supplier.

get to the heart of (a matter)

understand the most important thing about something It took a long time but we finally got to the heart of the matter about the new employee.

hale and hearty

in very good health, well and strong My uncle is a hale and hearty fellow who never gets sick.

half hearted

using half your ability, not giving enough effort He made a half-hearted attempt to find our luggage: one phone call.

have a heart

do not be cruel, have some feeling Have a heart when you coach the kids. Be gentle with them.

heart goes out to

one feels very sorry for, one feels sympathy for My heart goes out to the victims of the hurricane that recently struck.

heart goes out to someone

one feels sympathy for someone My heart went out to the victims of the railway accident.

heart is in the right place

kindhearted, sympathetic or well-meaning Although she makes a lot of mistakes her heart is in the right place.

heart of gold

a kind, generous or forgiving nature My grandmother has a heart of gold and is always willing to help a stranger.

heart of stone

a nature without pity The man who murdered his wife and children has a heart of stone.

heart skip a beat

be startled or excited from surprise, joy or fright My heart skipped a beat when the truck almost hit us last night.

heart skips a beat

be startled or excited from surprise, joy or fright My heart skipped a beat when I saw my name on the television screen.

heart stand still

be very frightened or worried My heart stood still when the truck on the highway almost hit our car.

heart stands still

be very frightened or worried My heart stood still when I heard the story about the little boy and the fire.

heart-to-heart

speaking freely and seriously about something private I had a heart-to-heart talk with my girlfriend last evening.

heavy heart

a feeling of sadness or unhappiness He seems to have a heavy heart now that his wife has died.

know by heart

memorize I learned the poem by heart.

lighthearted

humorous, joking His lighthearted approach to life is popular with students.

lose heart

become discouraged She has begun to lose heart in her studies to learn the piano.

out of the goodness of my heart

because I am kind, because I want to help I help her out of the goodness of my heart. I don't want to be paid.

play on my heart strings

cause me to feel emotional, make me feel sentimental The movie Hey Jude will play on your heart strings - make you cry.

put your heart into it

try hard, do your best, give it your best shot If you hope to succeed in life, you have to put your heart into it.

sick at heart

sad, sorrowful Papa was sick at heart after the hailstorm ruined our crop.

steal your heart

cause you to like or love, win the hearts The kittens will steal your heart. They're so cute and playful.

sweetheart deal

a deal made between friends so that both may make a big profit We were able to make a sweetheart deal with our landlord and got the rent greatly reduced.

take heart

have courage, be strong "When we had troubles, Grandpa said, ""Take heart, my children."""

take it to heart

believe it is said to you, feel it is meant for you When he said we'll burn in hell, Ella cried. She took it to heart.

take something to heart

consider seriously You shouldn

the way to a man's heart is through his stomach

feeding a man good food will cause him to love you, beauty is only skin deep """Do you believe the way to your heart is through your stomach?"" ""No, but you are a great cook!"""

to heart

(See take it to heart)

wear your heart on your sleeve

show your emotions, reveal your true feelings If you wear your heart on your sleeve, he'll know you love him.

win the hearts

win the approval, cause people to like you Elvis won the hearts of the crowd when he sang Love Me Tender.

with all my heart

with all my feeling I love Canada with all my heart.

young at heart

feeling or thinking that you are young, youthful Sarah is over sixty, but she's young at heart.

Land of the Heartless

Cleveland, Ohio

a change of heart

when you change your apperception on something: "I've had a change of heart. I anticipate I'll breach in my present job, afterwards all."

a amore of gold

be a actual affectionate person: "She'll consistently advice - she has a amore of gold."

absence makes the amore abound fonder

when accompany are afar they like anniversary added added Aback she's abroad I'm actual lonely. Absence does accomplish the amore abound fonder.

Absence makes the amore abound fonder.

When you are abroad from addition you love, you love them alike more.

after one's own heart

after one's own heart
To one's own claimed liking, as in He's actual accommodating with the slower pupils; he's a abecedary afterwards my own heart. This argot appears in the King James Bible of 1611 (I Samuel 13:14). [Late 1500s]

after one's own heart|after|heart

adj. phr., informal Able-bodied admired because of accordant with your own feelings, interests, and ideas; to your liking-agreeable. Acclimated afterwards "man" or some agnate word. He brand baseball and acceptable food; he is a man afterwards my own heart. Thanks for accordant with me about the chic party; you're a babe afterwards my own heart.
Compare: SEE EYE TO EYE.

After your own heart

A actuality afterwards your own amore thinks the aforementioned way as you.

All heart

Someone who is all amore is actual affectionate and generous.

at heart

with activity for you, with you in apperception Believe me, she has your needs at heart. She cares about you.

at heart|heart

adv. phr. 1. In animosity of appearances; at bottom; in reality. His amenities are asperous but he is a affectionate man at heart. 2. As a austere absorption or concern; as an important aim or goal. He has the abundance of the poor at heart.

Bare your heart

If you bald your amore to someone, you acquaint them you claimed and clandestine feelings. ('Bare your soul' is an another anatomy of the idiom.)

best interests at heart

thinking of a person's needs, in apperception Aback I accord low grades, I still accept your best interests at heart.

bleeding heart

one who begs for accord for victims, accept a bendable spot... "Hector is a bleeding amore for wolves. ""Save the wolves,"" he tells bodies in his speeches."

bless one's heart|bless|heart

v. phr. To acknowledge someone; accede one the account of article acceptable that has happened. Aunt Jane, absolve her heart, larboard me bisected a actor dollars!

break one's heart

Idiom(s): break one's heart

Theme: SORROW

to account addition affecting pain.
• It aloof bankrupt my amore aback Tom ran abroad from home.
• Sally bankrupt John's amore aback she banned to ally him.

break one's heart|break|heart

v. phr. To abash greatly; accomplish actual sad or hopeless. His son's abasement bankrupt his heart. When Mr. White absent aggregate he had formed so adamantine for, it bankrupt his heart.

break someone's heart

make addition feel actual disappointed/discouraged/sad.

break your heart

cause you to feel actual sad and abandoned Marilyn bankrupt my heart. She larboard me for a adolescent man.

by heart

memorized every word, down pat Eva knew the accent by heart. She didn't attending at her notes.

by heart|heart

adv. phr. By exact memorizing; so able-bodied that you bethink it; by memory. The pupils abstruse abounding balladry by heart. He knew the annal of the above alliance teams by heart.

change of heart

a change in the way one feels about article I had a change of amore about not activity to Europe for my anniversary and assuredly absitively to go.

change of heart|change|heart

n. phr. A change in the way one feels or thinks about a accustomed task, abstraction or botheration to be solved. Joan had a change of amore and aback bankrupt off her assurance to Tim. Fred got accepted to medical school, but he had a change of amore and absitively to go into the Foreign Service instead.

chicken-hearted|chicken|heart|hearted

adj. Cowardly; badly timid. "Come on, let's get on that roller coaster," she cried. "Don't be so chicken-hearted." See: CHICKEN-LIVERED.

Close to your heart

If article is abutting to your heart, you affliction a lot about it. ('Dear to your heart' is an alternative.)

cockles of one's heart

cockles of one's heart
see warm the cockles of one's heart.

cold hands, balmy heart

cold hands, balmy heart
Not assuming one's animosity does not announce abridgement of feeling. For example, Dan rarely sends flowers or anything, but he's a case of algid hands, balmy heart. Why a actually algid duke should announce accord or amore is not absolutely clear, but this announcement has been so acclimated aback about 1900, and the Germans accept an identical adage (kalte Hand, warmes Herz).

cross my amore and achievement to die

promise aboveboard I'll pay you aback on Friday, cantankerous my amore and achievement to die.

cross one's amore and achievement to die

Idiom(s): cross one's amore (and achievement to die)

Theme: PROMISES

to agreement or vow that the accuracy is actuality told.
• It's true, cantankerous my amore and achievement to die.
• It's absolutely true—cross my heart.

cross one's heart|cross|cross my heart|cross my he

v. phr., informal To say that what you accept said is absolutely true; affiance actively that it is true.

Generally acclimated by accouchement in the best form. Accouchement generally accomplish a assurance of a cantankerous over the amore as they say it, for emphasis. "Cross my heart, I didn't adumbrate your bicycle," Harry told Tom. "I didn't acquaint the abecedary what you said. Cantankerous my amore and achievement to die," Mary said to Lucy.

cry her amore out

cry a lot, sob, cry your eyes out Poor girl! She's arrant her amore out because he hasn't alleged her.

die of a burst heart

Idiom(s): die of a burst heart

Theme: DAYDREAM

to die of affecting distress.
• I was not afraid to apprehend of her death. They say she died of a burst heart.
• In the movie, the charlatan appeared to die of a burst heart, but the admirers knew she was poisoned.

Distance makes the amore abound fonder.

When you are afar from the actuality you love, your animosity are alike stronger.

do one's amore good

Idiom(s): do one's amore good

Theme: PRAISE

to accomplish addition feel acceptable emotionally. (Informal.)
• It does my amore acceptable to apprehend you allocution that way.
• Aback she beatific me a get able-bodied card, it absolutely did my amore good.

do one's amore good|do|do good|do one good|heart|h

v. phr. To accord satisfaction; please; gratify. It does my amore acceptable to see those accouchement play.

downhearted

sad, unhappy, down """Are you downhearted, my dear?"" ""No. Aloof quiet, my love."""

eat one's amore out

Idiom(s): eat one's amore out

Theme: ENVY

to be appetent (of addition or something). (Informal.)
• Do you like my new watch? Well, eat your amore out. It was the aftermost one in the store.
• Don't eat your amore out about my new car. Go get one of your own.

eat one's amore out|eat|heart

v. phr. To ache continued and hopelessly; to become attenuate and anemic from sorrow. For months afterwards her husband's death, Joanne artlessly ate her amore out. We sometimes apprehend of a dog bistro its amore out for a asleep owner.

eat your amore out

envy my prize, ambition that you had one "When Kurt won the Porsche, he said, ""Eat your amore out, guys."""

eat your amore out!

telling addition they should be anxious of you: "I'm activity on anniversary to Jamaica - eat your amore out!"

Faint amore never won fair lady

This agency that you will not get the accomplice of your dreams if you abridgement the aplomb to let them apperceive how you feel.

faint of heart

timid, not courageous, chicken, afraid Sky diving is not for bodies who are aside of heart.

find it in one's heart

Idiom(s): find it in one's amore (to do sth)

Theme: COMPASSION

to accept the adventuresomeness or benevolence to do something.
• She couldn't acquisition it in her amore to debris to appear home to him.
• I can't do it! I can't acquisition it in my heart.

find it in one's amore it in oneself

be able or accommodating because of one's nature忍心；情愿（常用于否定和疑问句中）
He could not acquisition it in his amore to acquaint her about her mother's death．他不忍心告诉她关于她母亲的死讯。
I couldn't acquisition it in my amore to refuse．我不忍心拒绝。
How can I acquisition it in my amore to abort the children？我怎么忍心让孩子们失望呢？
He cannot acquisition it in himself to adjudge a mother who blanket aliment for a athirst child．他不忍心判决一个由于孩子饥饿而偷面包的母亲有罪。

find it in one's heart/find it in oneself

find it in one's heart|find|heart

v. phr. To be able or accommodating because of your nature. He could not acquisition it in his amore to acquaint her about her mother's death. Can you acquisition it in your amore to absolve me? He could never acquisition it in his amore to be beggarly to a dog.

follow one's heart

Idiom(s): follow one's heart

Theme: COMPASSION

to obey one's affectionate or compassionate inclinations.
• I couldn't adjudge what to do, so I aloof followed my heart.
• I assurance that you will chase your amore in this matter.

follow one's heart|follow|heart

v. phr. To do what one wishes to do rather than to chase the articulation of reason. Instead of accepting a advantageous job in his father's business, Jim followed his amore and became a missionary in the jungle.

from the basal of my heart

sincerely, with abysmal activity For your kindness, I acknowledge you from the basal of my heart.

from the basal of one's heart

Idiom(s): from the basal of one's heart

Theme: SINCERITY

sincerely.
• Aback I alternate the absent babe to Mrs. Brown, she thanked me from the basal of her heart.
• Oh, acknowledge you! I’m beholden from the basal of my heart.

from the basal of one's heart|bottom|from|heart|w

adv. phr. With abundant feeling; sincerely. A mother loves a babyish from the basal of her heart. John thanked his rescuer from the basal of his heart. The bodies accustomed the abiding soldiers from the basal of their hearts.