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Fig. to make someone feel warm and happy. It warms the cockles of my heart to hear you say that. Hearing that old song again warmed the cockles of her heart. ... war with; ward off; warm; warm as toast; warm body; warm over; warm the bench; warm the cockles of heart; warm up; warm up to; warmed over; warn; warn about;
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Charles Darwin wrote in a letter in 1858, "I have just had the innermost cockles of my heart rejoiced by a letter from Lyell." We worry that the third meaning of today's word may fall by the wayside: "The borborygms emanating from Gladwyn's paunch after dinner cockled the brows of the other dinner guests."
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to warm the cockles of someone's heart ... (idiomatic) To provide happiness, to bring a deeply-felt contentment, possibly derived from the similarity in appearance of the heart valves to the cockle, a bivalve mollusk of the family Cardiidae.
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Hi everyone, How would you translate "warm my cockles" in the following : "Please can we see some photos of the three of you? It would really warm my cockles." cheers ... Here's an explanation of the phrase "warm the cockles of my heart" (found on worldwidewords.org):
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Gratify one, make one feel good, as in It warms the cockles of my heart to see them getting along so well. This expression uses a corruption of the Latin name for the heart's ventricles, cochleae cordis. [Second half of 1600s] ... Search another word or see warm the cockles of one's heart on Thesaurus | Reference...
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It was a joy to listen to 6 articulate committed candidates all of whom would have made excellent MPs. The winner (certainly not my first choice prior to the meeting) was outstanding. Dominic Raab will make a great candidate.
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: Anybody know where this phrase originated and what it means? : "warms the cockles of my heart" ... The shell of the cockle, a mussel, is somewhat heart-shaped, but that may not have produced this phrase. Entry from Webster's Second Unabridged, 1934: "Cockles of the heart: A phrase (in which 'cockles' is of uncertain...
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"A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together knowing that the gentlest of ... "Every single time that I explain to you my reasons why, ... "We brought you some flowers, and balloons, and a card, and some warm chicken noodle soup..i really hope this makes you feel better!!"
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The Evening Times is greater Glasgow's only evening newspaper, published Monday to Saturday. Nobody knows Glasgow better. ... Well, I can honestly say, with hand on heart, that was the worst Celtic display I've ever, EVER seen at Ibrox and, boy, did it warm the cockles of my heart.
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