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Значение идиомы heart of gold
[heart of gold] {n. phr.} A kind, generous, or forgiving nature.
John has a heart of gold. I never saw him angry at anyone.
Mrs. Brown is a rich woman with a heart of gold.
Compare: GOOD AS GOLD, HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
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- Значение идиомы break one’s heart [break one’s heart] {v. phr.} To discourage greatly; make very sad or hopeless. His son’s disgrace broke his heart. When Mr. White lost everything he had worked so hard for, it broke his heart....
- Значение идиомы lose one’s heart [lose one’s heart] {v. phr.} To fall in love; begin to love. Shelost her heart to the soldier with the broad shoulders and the deepvoice. Bill lost his heart to the puppy the first time he saw it....
- Значение идиомы get to the heart of [get to the heart of] {v. phr.} To find the most important factsabout or the central meaning of; understand the most important thingabout. You can often get to the heart of people’s unhappiness byletting them talk. “If you can find a topic sentence, often itwill help you get to the heart of the paragraph,” said […]...
- Значение идиомы change of heart [change of heart] {n. phr.} A change in the way one feels or thinks about a given task, idea or problem to be solved. Joan had a change of heart and suddenly broke off her engagement to Tim. Fred got admitted to medical school, but he had a change of heart and decided to go […]...
- Пословица / поговорка all that glitters is not gold – перевод и значение, пример использования Пословица / поговорка: all that glitters is not gold Перевод: не все то золото, что блестит Пример: The man learned that all that glitters is not gold when he invested his money in the stock market and lost much of it. Этот человек понял, что не все то золото, что блестит, когда он вложил свои […]...