Emotions & feelings

melt someone's heart

make someone feel tender

If someone or something melts your heart, it makes you feel very warm, affectionate, or emotional.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Why did you buy that old dog a new blanket?

He looked so cold that it melted my heart.

Play the conversation

Her little brother's excited face completely melted my heart.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: Her kindness melted my heart to her.

Say: Her kindness melted my heart.

“Melt someone’s heart” stands on its own; “to her” does not mark the person who feels the emotion.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

it melts my heart; it melted her heart; melt someone's heart

Your turn: say it out loud

Her little brother's excited face completely melted my heart.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

melt someone's heart

make someone feel tender

“Her little brother's excited face completely melted my heart.”

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