English in a Minute: Phrases with heart
Learning English Vocabulary
BBC
4.5 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
How many 'heart' phrases do you know? Phil talks about three he knows in this podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm sure you know what a heart is, but do you know these phrases with heart? |
| 0:19.1 | They're all really useful, so maybe you should learn them by heart. |
| 0:24.7 | That means memorize them, so you can remember them without notes. |
| 0:28.5 | For the test, I need you to learn these formulas by heart. |
| 0:32.4 | If you can't remember them, you'll fail. |
| 0:34.8 | Of course, I know you're great at learning formulas. Eat your heart out, Einstein. |
| 0:40.3 | We say, eat your heart out to mean you think you are even better at something than someone famous for doing it, though it's often just a joke. |
| 0:48.3 | Look at how I play football. Eat your heart out, Ronaldo. We often use heart to talk about feelings. If you're someone |
| 0:55.9 | who shows their feelings very clearly, we can say that you wear your heart on your sleeve. |
| 1:01.5 | If he was unhappy, you'd know about it. He always wears his heart on his sleeve. |
| 1:06.7 | So here are three phrases with heart. Try to learn them by heart and use them this week. |
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