to touch the heart
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3.7
- idiom
:
tocar el corazón
- Her speech was so moving that it touched the hearts of everyone in the audience.
- touched the hearts of many
- touched the hearts of people
You obviously are going to touch the hearts of Southern southern whites particularly strongly, right.
- You obviously are going to touch the hearts of Southern southern whites particularly strongly, right.
Examples
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We believe that these performers will truly touch the hearts of viewers as they have ours, positioned against the magical backdrop of Broadway.
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Please know that you and your son have touched the hearts and souls of people thousands of miles away.
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Yeah we get to touch the hearts and lives of everyday families via.
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Please touch the hearts and watch "Compatible" find your match.
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May the Lord continue to bless all you do, and may His words you send out touch the hearts of many.
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What good is reason if it doesn't touch the heart?
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I want to touch the hearts of everyone who walks into this auditorium.
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You've touched the hearts of more than 200 people with this post.
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Duane, your poem is absolutely gorgeous and touches the heart of what this whole human journey is all about.
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The phenomenon has touched the hearts and minds of many American musicians, educators, organizations, funders, and politicians.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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2.9
To make someone feel strong emotion, often sadness or gratitude
668
3.4
Make someone feel strong emotions
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4.3
Feeling strong emotion that makes you cry
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7.5
To make someone feel happy and warm inside
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5.8
To make a person feel a strong emotion
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5.3
To make someone feel very sad or touched
Make people feel deep sadness or pity
To cause very deep sadness or wonder that makes angels cry
How Moving
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4.4
131
3.7
3
3.7
668
3.4
- Specialized
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9.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to cause strong feelings or sympathy' is directly derivable from combining 'touch' (to affect) with 'heart' (center of emotions); a learner who knows these constituents can infer the emotional sense. This bodily-emotion metaphor is cross-linguistically common, so the construction is immediately transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
The idiom touch the heart may come from the simple image of someone placing a hand over the chest to touch the heart, which people long thought was where feelings live. That's why when something 'touches the heart' it means 'to cause strong feelings'.