№;Idiom;Meaning

1.; <b>a big heart:</b>; said of someone kind and loving 2.; <b>after my own heart:</b>; said of someone with similar preferences or values 3.; <b>a heart of gold:</b>; see “a big heart” 4.; <b>a heart of stone:</b>; said of someone without sympathy 5.; <b>all heart:</b>; see “a big heart”, sometimes used sarcastically to mean the opposite 6.; <b>at heart:</b>; basically 7.; <b>bare (one’s) heart:</b>; share one’s feelings or thoughts 8.; <b>bleeding heart:</b>; said of someone who is conspicuously or excessively generous 9.; <b>break (one’s) heart:</b>; cause someone emotional distress 10.; <b>by heart:</b>; from memory 11–13.; <b>capture/steal/win (one’s) heart:</b>; make someone fall in love with one 14–16.; <b>close/dear/near to (one’s) heart:</b>; loved or valued by someone 17.; <b>cross my heart:</b>; said as an oath to assert one’s honesty 18.; <b>didn’t have the heart:</b>; said when one cannot summon the will to do something hurtful 19.; <b>do (one’s) heart good:</b>; said about something that will be beneficial to someone 20.; <b>eat your heart out:</b>; said mockingly to someone expressing the desire for them to suffer, usually facetious 21.; <b>faint of heart:</b>; lacking courage 22–23.; <b>find a way into/to (one’s) heart:</b>; cause someone to fall in love with one 24.; <b>find it in (one’s) heart:</b>; have the compassion or courage to do something 25.; <b>follow (one’s) heart:</b>; do what one loves rather than what is expected of one 26.; <b>from the heart:</b>; with sincerity 27–28.; <b>gladden the/(one’s) heart:</b>; make someone happy or gratified 29.; <b>harden (one’s) heart:</b>; become callous 30.; <b>have (one’s) heart set on:</b>; be obsessed with obtaining 31.; <b>have (one’s) (best) interests at heart:</b>; be doing something for someone else’s benefit 32.; <b>heart goes out to:</b>; said in regard to feeling sympathy for someone 33.; <b>heart in (one’s) mouth:</b>; said of someone who has strong emotions about someone or something 34.; <b>heart is in the right place:</b>; said of someone well intentioned 35.; <b>heart of the matter:</b>; essence 36.; <b>hearts and minds:</b>; said in reference to persuading rather than compelling 37.; <b>heart’s desire:</b>; what one wishes deeply for 38.; <b>heart skips a beat:</b>; said of someone excited, frightened, or surprised 39.; <b>heavy heart:</b>; sadness 40–41.; <b>from the bottom/depths of (one’s) heart:</b>; profoundly 42.; <b>in (one’s) heart of hearts:</b>; if one’s true feelings or thoughts were known 43.; <b>know (one’s) heart:</b>; be aware of one’s true feelings 44.; <b>lose heart:</b>; become discouraged 45–46.; <b>matters/affairs of the heart:</b>; said of something pertaining to a love affair 47.; <b>melt (one’s) heart:</b>; cause someone to experience uncontrollable emotions 48.; <b>nearly gave (one) a heart attack:</b>; caused someone to feel anxiety or fear 49.; <b>(one’s) heart bleeds for:</b>; one is sympathetic 50.; <b>(one’s) heart is knocking:</b>; said of someone excited or nervous 51.; <b>(one’s) heart is not in:</b>; one does not feel a commitment to or an interest in 52.; <b>(one’s) heart leaps:</b>; one is excited 53.; <b>(one’s) heart melts:</b>; see “melt someone’s heart” 54.; <b>(one’s) heart sinks:</b>; one becomes discouraged 55.; <b>open (one’s) heart:</b>; show generosity or kindness 56–57.; <b>out of the goodness/kindness of (one’s) heart:</b>; because of generosity or goodwill 58.; <b>pour (one’s) heart/soul out:</b>; see “bare (one’s) heart” 59.; <b>put (one’s) heart into:</b>; do something with conviction or enthusiasm 60.; <b>sick at heart:</b>; discouraged 61–62.; <b>strike fear into (one’s) heart/into the heart of (one):</b>; cause someone to be afraid 63.; <b>take heart:</b>; be encouraged 64.; <b>take (something) to heart:</b>; be affected by something 65.; <b>to (one’s) heart’s content:</b>; to the extent one desires 66.; <b>warm (one’s)/the cockles of (one’s) heart:</b>; cause someone to feel positive emotion 67.; <b>wear (one’s) heart on (one’s) sleeve:</b>; openly show one’s emotions 68.; <b>with a sinking heart:</b>; said of someone who becomes discouraged or hopeless 69.; <b>with all (one’s) heart:</b>; with great enthusiasm 70.; <b>young at heart:</b>; youthful