Write an beautiful long story on the idiom "heart of gold"
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People often use this expression to emphasize what a good person someone is. It is a strong compliment with a very positive connotation. It comes from the idea of gold being a precious metal that is highly valued. The use of this idiom dates back at least to the 1500s.
The expression was already in use during Shakespeare’s time, when he included it in his play Henry V.
It appears in a scene in which the king has disguised himself as a commoner. He asks a man named Pistol if he thinks that he (Pistol) is a better man than the king. Pistol replies that the king has a heart of gold.
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The heart was once believed to be the seat of our emotions, and that is the basis for the idioms about the heart. When you say that someone has a heart of stone, it doesn’t mean that their heart is made out of stone even though that is what it sounds like. It means that the person has a mean or cruel nature. The heart has nothing to do with it.
blood flow through the heart valves, simple wikipedia
Anatomically, the heart is a powerful muscle. Each time it beats, it sends oxygenated life-giving blood throughout our human body.
The heart does respond to the many emotions that we feel. Maybe that is why ancient people once thought that it was also responsible for our emotions. When we feel scared or horrified, our heart beats faster. Sometimes it beat so furiously that it feels as though it is going to fight its way out of the chest. It will quicken with joy when we see a loved one after a long absence. When we fall in love, our hearts feel light and happy, full of joy. When someone we love dies, our heart will feel as though it is ripping down the center and breaking.
Our brains send signals to our heart telling it how to beat. Still, down through the years, many idioms about the heart have been created.
I don’t feel that it is necessary to tell just what each idiom means, so this is more of a list article. There are notes after just a few of the idioms. But if you don’t understand exactly what one of them means, the internet makes to find the exact meaning of each one.
heart of gold, pixabay
a big heart
after one’s own heart
a heart of gold
a heart of stone – this signifies a mean or cruel nature
all heart
at heart – in reality, fundamentally, basically
bare one’s heart
bleeding heart
break someone’s heart
by heart
bleeding heart, public domain pictures
capture/steal/win (one’s) heart
close/dear/near to (one’s) heart
cross one’s heart
didn’t have the heart
do someone’s heart good