lose one's hear to



lose one's hear to

Fall in love with, as in I totally lost my heart to the new puppy. This expression uses heart in the sense of "the seat of love or affection." [First half of 1600s]
See also: hear, lose

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Borislavbah-ree-SLAHF (Russian)Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Tomasato-MAH-sahSpanish
KÁRi-Ancient Scandinavian
Jaffar-Arabic
Talib-Arabic
LÉOnce-French