athlete's heart[͵æθli:tsʹhɑ:t]
<Í> расширение сердца (часто связанное с занятием спортом)

close to (one's) heart Идиома

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.

close to (one's) heart

Personally important to, or admired by, one. The little babe who came to appointment the aged woman every weekend was actual abutting to her heart.Learn more: close, heart

close to your heart

mainly BRITISH or

dear to your heart

COMMON If a accountable is close to your heart or dear to your heart, it is actual important to you and you affliction a lot about it. Note: The affection is commonly admired as the centre of the emotions. For presenter Manjeet K. Sandhu the position of Asian women in association is an affair actual abutting to her heart. It's a activity that is baby to my heart. Note: In American English, you can additionally say that a accountable is near and baby to your heart. She has afflicted Senators with her ability of capacity abreast and baby to their hearts.Learn more: close, heart

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