after one's own heart Idiome
after one's own heart|after|heart
adj. phr.,
informal Well liked because of agreeing with your own feelings, interests, and ideas; to your liking-agreeable. Used after "man" or some similar word.
He likes baseball and good food; he is a man after my own heart. Thanks for agreeing with me about the class party; you're a girl after my own heart. Compare: SEE EYE TO EYE.
after one's own heart
after one's own heart To one's own personal liking, as in
He's very patient with the slower pupils; he's a teacher after my own heart. This idiom appears in the King James Bible of 1611 (I Samuel 13:14). [Late 1500s]
after (one's) own heart
Sharing agnate values, ideas, or interests. Michelle is actual tech-savvy and loves to code—just like me! She's a woman afterwards my own heart.Learn more: after, heart, ownman afterwards my own heart
Fig. a man with agnate tastes and preferences to mine. You like buttery chip-beef on toast? There's a man afterwards my own heart.Learn more: after, heart, man, ownafter 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] Learn more: after, heart, ownafter one's own heart
Precisely to one’s liking. Considered a cliché back the backward nineteenth century, this byword appears in the Old Testament’s aboriginal Book of Samuel (13:14): “The Lord hath approved him a man afterwards his own heart, and the Lord hath allowable him to be captain over his people.”Learn more: after, heart, own