warm the cockles of heart

warm the cockles of heart
warm the cockles of (your) heart old-fashioned if something you see or hear warms the cockles of your heart, it makes you feel happy because it shows that people can be good and kind.

It's an old-fashioned romance that will warm the cockles of your heart.


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  • warm the cockles of your heart — ◇ If something warms the cockles of your heart, it makes you have warm and happy feelings. It is a story with a happy ending to warm the cockles of your heart. • • • Main Entry: ↑cockle warm the cockles of your heart see ↑cockle • • • Main Entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • warm the cockles of your heart — warm the cockles of (your) heart old fashioned if something you see or hear warms the cockles of your heart, it makes you feel happy because it shows that people can be good and kind. It s an old fashioned romance that will warm the cockles of… …   New idioms dictionary

  • warm the cockles (of somebody's heart) — warm the ˈcockles (of sb s ˈheart) idiom (BrE) to make sb feel happy or sympathetic • Doesn t that story just warm the cockles of your heart? Main entry: ↑warmidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • warm the cockles of your heart — If something warms the cockles of your heart, it makes you feel happy …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • warm the cockles of one's heart — ► warm the cockles of one s heart give one a comforting feeling of contentment. Main Entry: ↑cockle …   English terms dictionary

  • warm the cockles (of someone's heart) — warm the cockles (of someone’s heart) old fashioned phrase to make someone feel pleased and happy Thesaurus: to make someone happy or happiersynonym Main entry: cockle …   Useful english dictionary

  • warm the cockles of your heart —    If something warms the cockles of your heart, it makes you feel happy.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • warm the cockles of someone's heart — verb To provide happiness, to bring a deeply felt contentment, possibly derived from the similarity in appearance of the heart valves to the cockle, a bivalve mollusk of the family Cardiidae. Syn: warm someones heart See Also: heart warming …   Wiktionary

  • warm the cockles of one's heart — give one a comforting feeling of contentment. → cockle …   English new terms dictionary

  • warm the cockles of one's heart — give one a comforting feeling of pleasure or contentment …   Useful english dictionary

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