have a heart-to-heart talk
To confide in someone with great intimacy.
Jill and her mother had a heart-to-heart talk before she decided to move in with Andrew.
have a heart
To stop being mean; be kind, generous, or sympathetic.
"Сжальтесь", "помилосердствуйте" и т.д.
Have a heart, Bob, and lend me two dollars.
Have a heart, Mary, and help me with this lesson.
He didn't know if the teacher would have a heart and pass him.
"Have a heart," I told my supervisor when he said that I must work the whole weekend.
"Сжальтесь", сказал я своему начальнику, когда он сказал, что я должен работать все выходные.
have a soft spot in one's heart for
To be sympathetically inclined towards; entertain a predilection for.
Ron always had a soft spot in his heart for intellectual women wearing miniskirts.
hear a pin drop
Absolute silence.
It's so quiet in the room you could hear a pin drop.
hear of
To know about, to be familiar with; to consider (The second definition is always used in the negative.)
When I asked for directions to Mill Street, the police officer said that she had never heard of it.
Byron strongly disagreed with my request by saying, «I won’t hear of if!»
hear the beat
see the beat
To hear of or to see someone or something better or surpassing. Usually used in negative or interrogative sentences and often followed by of.
I never heard the beat! John swam all the way across the river. Did you ever hear the beat of it?
The juggler spun a table around on the tip of his finger. I never saw the beat of that.
hear through the grapevine
Получить, услышать информацию через неформальные источники; "сарафанное радио".
How did you hear that? Oh, through the grapevine as usual!
Откуда ты слышал об этом? Ну как обычно, сарафанное радио!
heart and soul
with heart and soul
Eager love; strong feeling; great enthusiasm. Often used with a singular verb.
When Mr. Pitt plays the piano, his heart and soul is in it.
John plays tennis badly, but with heart and soul.
Mary wanted a puppy with all her heart and soul.
Wholly and eagerly; with all one's interest and strength; completely.
Will you try to make our city a better place? Then we are with you heart and soul.
Mike was heart and soul against the new rules.