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Heart and Soul
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/24/travel/taking-a-trip-overseas-with-the-kids.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
"A 5-year-old who asks if they cut off the Mona Lisa's head during the French Revolution may have his chronology confused but he's with you, heart and soul, and if you can create the environment where those sorts of questions arise, you've won."
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/09/nyregion/insults-dismissals-and-a-4-year-wait-for-pay-they-won.html?pagewanted=all
" 'This was the strike of the century for our union,' said Joseph Blount, 56, who led a failed organizing drive at Domsey for the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union. 'And the Government lawyers prosecuted it with all their heart and soul. But then, at the critical point, it seems like they dropped the ball.' "
What is "heart and soul"?
"A 5-year-old who asks if they cut off the Mona Lisa's head during the French Revolution may have his chronology confused but he's with you, heart and soul, and if you can create the environment where those sorts of questions arise, you've won."
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/09/nyregion/insults-dismissals-and-a-4-year-wait-for-pay-they-won.html?pagewanted=all
" 'This was the strike of the century for our union,' said Joseph Blount, 56, who led a failed organizing drive at Domsey for the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union. 'And the Government lawyers prosecuted it with all their heart and soul. But then, at the critical point, it seems like they dropped the ball.' "
What is "heart and soul"?
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Hi, The idiom heart and soul has several meanings. In the first context, it implies ‘ completely’ ; in the second one, it implies ‘with a lot of energy’ . Regards
- Hi, The idiom heart and soul has several meanings.
- In the first context, it implies ‘ completely’ ; in the second one, it implies ‘with a lot of energy’ .
- Regards
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Hi,
The idiom heart and soul has several meanings.
In the first context, it implies ‘completely’; in the second one, it implies ‘with a lot of energy’.
Regards
The idiom heart and soul has several meanings.
In the first context, it implies ‘completely’; in the second one, it implies ‘with a lot of energy’.
Regards
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