(a) man after own heart

(a) man after own heart
a man/woman after (your) own heart if someone is a man or woman after your own heart, you admire them because they do or believe the same things as you.

He likes a good curry - a man after my own heart.


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  • after own heart — (someone) after (your) own heart someone who is similar to you. I was delighted by your comments about vocabulary and grammar you re clearly a man after my own heart. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form a something after your own heart: She s …   New idioms dictionary

  • (a) woman after own heart — a man/woman after (your) own heart if someone is a man or woman after your own heart, you admire them because they do or believe the same things as you. He likes a good curry a man after my own heart …   New idioms dictionary

  • someone after own heart — (someone) after (your) own heart someone who is similar to you. I was delighted by your comments about vocabulary and grammar you re clearly a man after my own heart. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form a something after your own heart: She s …   New idioms dictionary

  • After one's own heart — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • after one's own heart — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Well liked because of agreeing with your own feelings, interests, and ideas; to your liking agreeable. Used after man or some similar word. * /He likes baseball and good food; he is a man after my own heart./ * /Thanks for …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • after one's own heart — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Well liked because of agreeing with your own feelings, interests, and ideas; to your liking agreeable. Used after man or some similar word. * /He likes baseball and good food; he is a man after my own heart./ * /Thanks for …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • after\ one's\ own\ heart — adj. phr. informal Well liked because of agreeing with your own feelings, interests, and ideas; to your liking agreeable. Used after man or some similar word. He likes baseball and good food; he is a man after my own heart. Thanks for agreeing… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • after one's own heart — LIKE MINDED, of the same mind, kindred, compatible, congenial, sharing one s tastes, on the same wavelength. → heart * * * after one s own heart Exactly to one s own liking • • • Main Entry: ↑heart * * * of the type that one likes or understands… …   Useful english dictionary

  • after one's own heart — adjective Having the same opinions, feelings, or behaviour as oneself. Look, Pisistratus, man after my own heart, see the gleam of bronze and gold of amber, ivory, and silver. Everything is so splendid that it is like seeing the palace of… …   Wiktionary

  • after one's own heart — быть по сердцу, нравиться With his love for the great outdoors he is a man after my own heart …   Idioms and examples

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