| 单词 | to a person's heart's desire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto a person's heart's desire (b) to a person's heart's desire: to the point at which a person is deeply happy or satisfied; to the full extent of a person's desires; as much as a person wants. Cf. to one's heart's content at content n.2 1b.rare before 19th cent. ΚΠ 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xlvii. 642 If their mouthes be not filled with laughter and pleasure to their harts desire, or their bellies with garlicke and onions. 1709 J. Walkinshaw Let. to Sir R. Sibbald 64 To please the Libeller to his Heart's desire, let us suppose the faults of these Numbers to have proceeded from slips of the Doctor's own in the Computation of them. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 302/1 Burns, for a poor man, became rich—rich to his heart's desire. 1840 Hampshire Advertiser 27 June If the Society did not flourish to their heart's desire, it was not for the want of assiduous attention on their parts. 1910 G. L. Carson Stud. in Horse Breeding xiv. 196 The foals should have a large place in which to run and play, and let them run to their heart's desire. 1987 Orange Coast Mag. Oct. 110 (advt.) Wine and dine and be entertained to your heart's desire. 2007 Independent (Nexis) 14 Dec. 18 Over lunch, you will be pictured with the star and can quiz them to your heart's desire. < as lemmas |
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