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
Terezie-Czech
Simona-Italian, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Lithuanian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
MelanieMEL-ə-nee (English), ME-lah-nee (German)English, German, Dutch
Frantzisko-Basque
Ryoṙyo:Japanese
Onesiphorus-Biblical, Biblical Latin