Heart Idioms
For those who like language, this extensive list is an indication of the importance of the heart in a literal as well as figurative sense.- a bleeding heart
- a change of heart
- aching heart
- a heart to heart
- a heart of gold
- a heart of stone
- a man/woman after your own heart
- at heart
- absence makes the heart grow fonder
- bare your heart/soul
- be all heart
- bless your heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- chicken-hearted
- close to your heart
- close/dear to someone's heart
- cross my heart (and hope to die).
- cry/sob your heart out
- do someone's heart good
- die of a broken heart
- eat your heart out
- find in it in one's heart to do something
- follow one's heart
- from the bottom of my/your heart
- from the heart
- get to the heart of something
- half-hearted
- hand on heart
- harden your heart
- have a heart
- have a soft spot in one's heart for someone/something
- have your heart set on something/doing something
- heartbeat away from something
- heart is set against something
- heart is set on something
- heart misses/skips a beat
- heart stands still
- heart to heart
- heart and soul
- heavy heart
- home is where the heart is.
- in a heartbeat
- in one's heart
- in your heart of hearts
- it makes my heart sing
- it's/you're breaking my heart!
- know/learn something (off) by heart
- lose heart
- let your heart rule your head
- lose your heart (to someone/something)
- near and dear to my heart
- not have the heart (to do something)
- open your heart
- pour your heart out
- poured my heart into it
- put your hand on your heart
- put your heart and soul into something/doing something
- search one's heart and soul
- set your heart against someone/something
- set your heart on something/doing something
- sick at heart
- Someone, eat your heart out!
- someone's heart is in their boots
- someone's heart is in their mouth
- someone's heart is in the right place
- someone's heart isn't in something
- someone's heart sinks
- steal someone's heart
- strike at the heart of something
- take heart
- take something to heart
- tear your heart out
- the heart rules the head
- the hearts and minds of someone
- the way to someone's heart
- to your heart's content
- tug at someone's heartstrings
- warm the cockles of your heart
- wear your heart on your sleeve
- with all one's heart and soul
- win someone's heart
- young at heart
- your heart bleeds
- your heart bleeds (for someone)
- your heart goes out to someone
- your heart isn't in it
- your heart sinks
- your heart skips a beat
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