Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:

1. break somebody’s heart − to upset somebody

It is regretting but true that it is easy to break somebody’s heart.  

2. close/dear to heart – someone/something close to you  

The painting gifted by my wife is very close to my heart.  

3. from the (bottom of your) heart − genuinely feeling something  

I love my daughter from the bottom of my heart.  

4. have a heart − to evoke the feeling to get help  

The old man asked Ram to have a heart and  let him live with his family.  

5. have a heart of stone – have no feelings  

That monster has a heart of stone as he tortured little boy.  

6. your heart goes out to somebody − empathize  

My heart goes out to little boy who lost his parents in childhood.