[ti:Put Your Heart at Rest]
[ar:Rich Kleinfeldt]
[al:WORDS AND THEIR STORIES]
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[00:10.75]Now, the VOA 
[00:12.20]Special English program, 
[00:14.00]WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 
[00:16.24]I'm Rich Kleinfeldt 
[00:17.73]with some expressions 
[00:19.19]using the word heart.
[00:20.88]People believed for a long time 
[00:24.16]that the heart was the center
[00:26.81] of a person's emotions. 
[00:28.94]That is why the word heart 
[00:31.58]is used in so many expressions 
[00:34.18]about emotional situations.
[00:36.51]One such expression 
[00:39.29]is to "lose your heart" 
[00:41.18]to someone. 
[00:42.40]When that happens, 
[00:44.09]you have fallen in love. 
[00:45.68]But if the person 
[00:48.09]who "won your heart" 
[00:49.58]does not love you, 
[00:51.02]then you are sure 
[00:52.83]to have a "broken heart." 
[00:54.66]In your pain and sadness, 
[00:57.90]you may decide 
[00:59.30]that the person you loved 
[01:00.89]is "hard-hearted," 
[01:02.28]and in fact, 
[01:03.64]has a "heart of stone."
[01:05.87]You may decide to 
[01:08.61]"pour out your heart" 
[01:10.41]to a friend. 
[01:11.54]Telling someone 
[01:13.53]about your personal problems 
[01:15.22]can often make you feel better.
[01:17.77]If your friend does not seem 
[01:21.29]to understand how painful 
[01:23.24]your broken heart is, 
[01:24.98]you may ask her to "have a heart." 
[01:28.56]You are asking your friend 
[01:31.31]to show some sympathy 
[01:33.40]for your situation. 
[01:34.33]Your friend "has her heart
[01:37.88] in the right place" 
[01:39.77]if she says she is sorry, 
[01:41.96]and shows great concern 
[01:44.15]for how you feel.
[01:45.94]Your friend may, however, 
[01:49.34]warn you "not to wear your 
[01:52.03]heart on your sleeve." 
[01:53.28]In other words, do not 
[01:55.41]let everyone see how 
[01:58.36]lovesick you are. 
[02:00.13]When your heart is 
[02:01.92]on your sleeve you are 
[02:03.81]showing your deepest emotions.
[02:05.67]If your friend says, 
[02:09.05]"my heart bleeds for you," 
[02:11.44]she means the opposite. 
[02:13.39]She is a cold-hearted person 
[02:16.14]who does not really care 
[02:18.13]about your situation.
[02:19.76]In the ever-popular 
[02:23.20]motion picture, The Wizard of Oz, 
[02:25.74]the Tin Man seeks a heart. 
[02:28.52]He wanted to feel 
[02:30.91]the emotion of love, 
[02:32.36]and was seeking help 
[02:34.39]from the powerful Wizard 
[02:36.24]of Oz to find a heart.
[02:38.47]The cowardly lion, 
[02:41.16]in the same movie, 
[02:42.77]did have a heart. 
[02:44.80]But he lacked 
[02:45.99]courage and wanted to ask 
[02:48.27]the Wizard of Oz 
[02:49.53]to give him some. 
[02:50.56]You could say that 
[02:53.71]the cowardly lion was 
[02:55.54]"chicken-hearted." 
[02:56.64]That is another way 
[02:58.43]of describing someone 
[02:59.92]who is not very brave. 
[03:02.07]A chicken is not noted 
[03:05.55]for its bravery. 
[03:07.09]Thus, someone who is 
[03:09.77]chicken-hearted does not 
[03:11.67]have much courage.
[03:13.36]When you are frightened 
[03:15.84]or concerned, your "heart 
[03:18.29]is in your mouth." 
[03:19.85]You might say, for example, 
[03:22.37]that your heart was in your mouth 
[03:24.93]when you asked a bank 
[03:26.77]to lend you some money 
[03:28.27]to pay for a new house.
[03:30.16]If that bank says no to you, 
[03:34.49]do not "lose heart." 
[03:36.33]Be "strong-hearted." 
[03:38.42]Sit down with the banker 
[03:41.01]and have a "heart to heart" talk. 
[03:44.04]Be open and honest 
[03:47.03]about your situation. 
[03:48.28]The bank may have 
[03:51.72]a "change of heart." 
[03:53.15]It may agree 
[03:55.00]to lend you the money. 
[03:56.14]Then you could stop worrying 
[03:58.94]and "put your heart at rest."
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[04:14.47]This VOA Special English program,
[04:17.02] WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, 
[04:18.91]was written by Marilyn Christiano. 
[04:22.09]I'm Rich Kleinfeldt.