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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
Kyrilu-Medieval Slavic
Bellonabə-LON-ə (English)Roman Mythology
Tine (2)-Slovene
Olubunmi-Western African, Yoruba
PaweŁPAH-vewPolish
Remeirə-MAYCatalan
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