heart is in it
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6.0
- idiom
- Informal
:
tener el corazón en ello
- She joined the charity because her heart is in it; she truly believes in their mission.
- think her heart is in it
Examples
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My heart was in it.
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Although my heart is in it, I don't always do it myself.
Blog text (8) -
We had a very diverse gospel choir, and God was indeed glorified because it was all about Him. People's hearts were in it, and we were willing to work together and try even if it.
Blog text (22) -
To succeed in this project, we need everyone to have their heart in it and be fully committed.
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He always gives his best effort in football because his heart is in it and he loves the game.
Synonyms
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2.8
Having very strong feelings about something
To care a lot about a project and work hard to make it succeed
To give strong, honest support with all your heart and energy
Completely sincere and fully loyal to a person or cause
Antonyms
How Committed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'fully committed or passionate' is directly inferable from combining 'heart' (the center of emotion) with 'is in it' (the heart is present in the activity), so the phrase transparently indicates emotional investment. This construction is cross-linguistically common and follows normal compositional patterns in English, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will likely understand it.
Etymology
Heart is in it creates a clear picture: your heart is in the task, not somewhere else, meaning your feelings are focused on what you do. So when your heart is in it, you really care and are 'fully committed' to the activity.