Idioms And Phrase Flashcards
To pay no heed
Neglect
To turn a deaf ear
To ignore or refuse to listen
Wet behind the ears
Inexperienced, immature, new to something
Eat one’s heart out
To feel bad or disgusted
Chicken-hearted
Faint-hearted
All mouth and no trousers
One who talks boastfully but does nothing
Bad taste in one’s mouth
A feeling of regret or discomfort
Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
To be born into a rich family
By word of mouth
Via personal communications rather than written media
From hand to mouth
Providing only bare essentials
Lion’s mouth
A dangerous situation
Mealy-mouthed
Unwilling to state something frankly, afraid to speak
Mouth-watering
Stimulating one’s appetite
Put one’s foot in one’s mouth
To say something that you immediately regret
Run one’s mouth
To talk a lot
Straight from the horse’s mouth
To hear something from someone who has personal knowledge, from a reliable source
To foam at one’s mouth
To get very angry
A change of heart
A change in one’s opinion
After one’s own heart
Sharing or having one’s tastes or views
Bare one’s heart/soul
To confess one’s deepest feelings
Chicken-hearted
Lacking courage, cowardly.
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Pat one’s heart out
Worry, be sad or be jealous.
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Timid
Faint-hearted.
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Rely
Follow your heart on one’s deeper feelings and instincts when making a decision.
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Sincerely
From the bottom of one’s heart.
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Go to one’s heart
To touch one deeply.
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Heart to heart talk
Frank talk; candid talk.
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Hale and hearty
Healthy.
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In a heartbeat
Immediately, in no time, in two shakes.
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Learn by heart
To memorize something.
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Set one’s heart on
To have as one’s ambition to obtain something.
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Strike a chill to the heart
To arouse fear.
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Take heart
To garner courage, to gain confidence.
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Bare one’s soul
To reveal one’s innermost thoughts.
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Have one’s heart in the right place
To have a kindly and sympathetic disposition.
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To one’s heart’s content
As much as one wants to.
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To grieve over
To be greatly affected; to consider something very seriously.
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To put one’s heart and soul into something
To put a lot of energy into some work.
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To take to heart
To express one’s feelings openly.
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Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve
Affect someone emotionally.
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Touch one’s heart
To affect someone emotionally.
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