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
Meyer-Hebrew
Margita-Hungarian, Slovak
Othmar-German, Czech, Ancient Germanic
Djehutimesu-Ancient Egyptian
Birita-Faroese
Arevig-Armenian