Heart Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
You shouldn’t let your heart rule your head. [=you should be guided by reason and not by your emotions]
When she heard the news, her heart filled with joy/sorrow.
You’re a man
after my own heart
. [=we have similar likes and dislikes]
He offered to help us
out of the goodness of his heart
. [=because he is a good person and not because he wanted to get anything for himself]
He
wears his heart on his sleeve
. [=he shows his emotions very openly]
She’s not too smart, but at least her
heart is in the right place
. [=she is a kind person who is trying to do good things]
I just
didn’t have the heart
to tell her that I didn’t like her singing. [=I couldn’t tell her because I knew that she would be hurt by what I said]
The idea
struck fear into their hearts
. [=made them very afraid]
I decided to
follow my heart
[=to do what I truly wanted to do] and take up acting.
My heart goes out to
[=I feel very sorry for] the families of the victims.
Her
heart’s desire
[=greatest wish] was to become a movie star.
She just couldn’t
find it in her heart to
forgive them.
I
felt in my heart
that our relationship was never meant to be.
I think she knows
in her heart
that they’re right. = I think she knows it
in her heart of hearts
. [=she knows it even though she does not want to admit it]
They said they’d try to fix the problem, but I could see that
their hearts (just) weren’t in it
. [=they did not really feel much interest or enthusiasm about doing it]
