"Speaks to my heart"

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Hi all,Is it correct to say " speaks best to my heart", meaning "[a certain subject] is strongly associated with my way of thinking/feeling/seeing things"?For example: I recommend you to read this masterpiece. As a matter of fact, I liked it a lot myself. It would be naturally for me to offer you something that speaks best to my heart"Or is it more appropriate to say "lays at my heart" or "found its way to my heart"?I had ransacked merriam-webster and other authoritative dictionaries but didn't find any satisfactory explanation.Native speakers, help!

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Is it correct to say " speaks best to my heart", meaning "[a certain subject] is strongly associated with my way of thinking/feeling/seeing things"?

References to the heart commonly refer to strong and fundamental feelings. (Unless you are a heart surgeon.

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'Speaks best to my heart' is not a standard, well-known expression, but it's not hard to understand. It's rather flowery and poetic.

A more standard expression is to say, eg 'Her words touched my heart'.

For example: I recommend you to read this masterpiece. As a matter of fact, I liked it a lot myself. It would be naturally for me to offer you something that speaks best to my heart"

Or is it more appropriate to say "lays at my heart" awkward

or "found its way to my heart"? possible

I had ransacked merriam-webster and other authoritative dictionaries but didn't find any satisfactory explanation.

Best wishes, Clive

Hius22000 · Answer

Thanks a lot, Clive! Now that it's clearer to me I've decided not to use the "heart" expression in my text. It doesn't seem to fit in anymore <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>)

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