Be careful what you say, you may break hearts - Learn English Phrases
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Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
If you take something to heart it's very similar to taking something personally. It means that you really believe and are affected by something someone has done or said. I'd look you back in the eye and say across my heart. With the extension of that being cross my heart and hope to die. The sense of that second part is if I break my promise the Lord can strike me down. Next is to steal someone's heart then you make them fall in love with you. Now this could be romantic as it was in my story. You make someone fall inLove with you and you run off together to have a happy life. Or it could be just you know like a really cute little
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