get to the heart of

Find or determine the most important or essential facts or meaning. For example, It's important to get to the heart of the matter before we make any decisions. The noun heart has been used in the sense of "a vital part" since the early 1500s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bine	-	Danish
SzczĘSny	SHCHENS-ni	Polish
Gertruda	ger-TRUW-dah (Polish)	Polish, Czech
August	OW-guwst (German, Polish), AW-gəst (English)	German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Catalan, English
Claudio	KLOW-dyo	Italian, Spanish
Hiram	HIE-rəm (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English