You have
read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now
find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word
‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own.
1.
break somebody’s heart
2.
close/dear to heart
3.
from the (bottom of your) heart
4.
have a heart
5.
have a heart of stone
6.
your heart goes out to somebody
You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own.
1. break somebody’s heart
2. close/dear to heart
3. from the (bottom of your) heart
4. have a heart
5. have a heart of stone
6. your heart goes out to somebody
1.
break somebody’s heart − to upset somebody deeply
It has
unfortunately become very easy these days to break somebody’s
heart.
2.
close/dear to heart − something or someone who is near and
close to you
The
drawing given to me by my little daughter is very close to my heart.
3.
from the (bottom of your) heart − genuinely meaning or feeling
something
He loved
his son from the bottom of his heart.
4.
have a heart − to evoke the feeling to help someone in distress
The poor
beggar asked the rich man to have a heart and give him something to
eat.
5.
have a heart of stone − to not feel anything or any sentiment
The cruel
landlady has a heart of stone as she beats up her children.
6.
your heart goes out to somebody − to sympathise with someone
else and understand his feelings and distress
My heart
goes out to the little girl who lost both her parents in a car
accident.
1. break somebody’s heart − to upset somebody deeply
It has unfortunately become very easy these days to break somebody’s heart.
2. close/dear to heart − something or someone who is near and close to you
The drawing given to me by my little daughter is very close to my heart.
3. from the (bottom of your) heart − genuinely meaning or feeling something
He loved his son from the bottom of his heart.
4. have a heart − to evoke the feeling to help someone in distress
The poor beggar asked the rich man to have a heart and give him something to eat.
5. have a heart of stone − to not feel anything or any sentiment
The cruel landlady has a heart of stone as she beats up her children.
6. your heart goes out to somebody − to sympathise with someone else and understand his feelings and distress
My heart goes out to the little girl who lost both her parents in a car accident.
