after one's own heart



after one's own heart

To one's own personal liking, as in He's very patient with the slower pupils; he's a teacher after my own heart. This idiom appears in the King James Bible of 1611 (I Samuel 13:14). [Late 1500s]
See also: after, heart, own

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Murdag-Scottish
Alexandru-Romanian
Amira (1)-Arabic
XzavierZAY-vee-ər, ZAY-vyər, ig-ZAY-vee-ərEnglish (Modern)
BrÁDach-Irish
Brian[braiən]