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HUBLOT Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Somebody's heart leaps

somebody's heart leaps
used to say that someone has a sudden feeling of happiness or excitement
My heart leapt at the news.
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/heart?q=heart

Do you hear this phrase used in colloquial speech?
  

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HUBLOT Do you hear this phrase used in colloquial speech? Very, very rarely. It seems more literary or even old-fashioned to my ear.

— CalifJim

  • HUBLOT Do you hear this phrase used in colloquial speech?
  • Very, very rarely.
  • It seems more literary or even old-fashioned to my ear.
  • CJ
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HUBLOTDo you hear this phrase used in colloquial speech?
Very, very rarely. It seems more literary or even old-fashioned to my ear.

CJ
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