10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFTER ONE'S OWN HEART»
Discover the use of
after one's own heart in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
after one's own heart and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
—Santa Barbara Independent (8/17/2011) If someone is after your own heart, he
or she is a kindred spirit — someone who shares your ideas, feelings, personality
or experience. After one's own heart is in the King James version of the Bible ...
... dearly beloved; dear, precious, darling, pet, little; favorite, popular. congenial;
after one's mind, after one's taste, after one's fancy, after one's own heart, to one's
mind, to one's taste, to one's fancy, to one's own heart. in one's good graces &c.
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[Colloquial; second half of 1900s] Also see OVER AND DONE WITH. owl ' See
NIGHT OWL. own ' In addition to the idioms beginning With OWN, also see
AFRAID OF ONE's OWN sHADOW; AFTER ONE's OWN HEART; BEAT
sOMEONE AT ...
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The Chinese
HEART in a Cognitive Perspective: Culture, Body, ...
䘖ᖗ sui-xin (satisfy/fulfill-heart) 'after one's own heart; to one's liking; fulfill one's
desire' d. བᖗ ru-xin (in compliance with/according to-heart) 'after one's own heart;
to one's liking' e.䍕ᖗ chen-xin (go with-heart) 'find sth. satisfactory; be gratified' f.
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Cheater's Guide to Speaking English Like a Native
After one's own heart This expression is used to describe someone with whom
you agree on many or most things. You might say your hearts beat in harmony. a.
My new boss loves to go fishing every weekend. He is a man after my own heart.
Boye Lafayette De Mente, 2007
Rosalind Fergusson. • after one's own heart tSAW.i: ! SHE AM'fr (You're a woman
after my own heart. ftfi-fflffcfR'kftljgMAA • ) [irtfgfH g □ «H5?it£> (xiii.14) : the Lord
hath sought him a man after his own heart. ] * at heart 1. »PS± ! £*K± I St*tt ...
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... adj causing a person to feel pleasure: Seeing the old lady's happiness was a
heart-warming experience ; It was heart-warming to. hearth. see the happiness of
the children. after one's own heart (of people) of exactly the type one ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... one's heart's content as much as one wishes You can eat there to your heart 's
content. after one's own heart of exactly the type one likes or desires You 're a
man after my own heart. a heart of stone unfeeling, pitiless He has a heart of
stone, ...
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English-Amharic Context Dictionary
A A □ ' AM ' IH ' A A- □ <£tl A : *A after one's own heart *He is a man after my
own heart. XA- □ hAA, ' flAfyda*- s (\m- 'im- at heart AAA- At heart, he is really a
good fellow. AAA- ' fl "hClT l T<- l Au> I '/O)- break one's heart AfK> « V*lfl>- The ...
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1001 IDIOMS TO MASTER YOUR ENGLISH
After one's own heart—Similar to oneself, the type the one likes E.g. He is a man
after my own heart. Do not have the heart—Do not feel like telling something
hurtful to someone.) E.g. I did not have the heart to tell her the bad news. Have
one's ...
