heart-to-heartnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌhɑːt.təˈhɑːt/us/ˌhɑːrt.təˈhɑːrt/a serious conversation between two people, usually close friends, in which they talk honestly about their feelings:
We had a heart-to-heart over a bottle of wine.
a heart-to-heart talk/chat
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Informal talking & conversation
- a problem shared is a problem halved idiom
- bants
- blarney
- chatter
- chew
- conversation-stopper
- converse
- exchange
- gas
- jaw
- make yourself understood idiom
- natter
- orally
- pass
- pillow talk
- shoot the breeze idiom
- shoptalk
- talk shop idiom
- understand
- wash your dirty linen in public idiom
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