take to heart

take to heart
Feel keenly, be greatly grieved at, be much affected by, take on about, be much troubled by, lay to heart.

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  • take\ to\ heart — • take to heart • lay to heart v. phr. To be seriously affected by; to feel deeply. He took his brother s death very much to heart. He took his friend s advice to heart …   Словарь американских идиом

  • take to heart — ► take to heart take (criticism) seriously and be affected by it. Main Entry: ↑heart …   English terms dictionary

  • take to heart — verb get down to; pay attention to; take seriously (Freq. 1) Attend to your duties, please • Syn: ↑attend to • Ant: ↑neglect (for: ↑attend to) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Take This Heart — Infobox Single Name = Take This Heart Cover size = Border = Caption = Artist = Richard Marx Album = Rush Street A side = B side = Released = 1992 Format = Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = Capitol Records Writer = Producer = Audio sample? =… …   Wikipedia

  • Take This Heart of Mine — is a song written by The Miracles members Warren Pete Moore, William Smokey Robinson and Marv Tarplin, produced by Robinson and released as a single by American soul singer Marvin Gaye, on Motown Records Tamla label in 1966.Released in succession …   Wikipedia

  • take to heart — take (something) to heart if you take criticism or advice to heart, you think about it seriously, often because it upsets you. Don t take it to heart he was only joking about your hair …   New idioms dictionary

  • take to heart — take something personally, take something sensitively …   English contemporary dictionary

  • take to heart — also[lay to heart] {v. phr.} To be seriously affected by; to feel deeply. * /He took his brother s death very much to heart./ * /He took his friend s advice to heart./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take to heart — also[lay to heart] {v. phr.} To be seriously affected by; to feel deeply. * /He took his brother s death very much to heart./ * /He took his friend s advice to heart./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take to heart — verb a) To take something seriously; to internalize or live according to something (e.g. advice.) He really took it to heart when I asked him to reconsider. b) To feel keenly; be greatly grieved at; be much affected by something …   Wiktionary

  • take to heart — (smth) consider seriously You shouldn t really take what he says to heart. He is really very kind …   Idioms and examples

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