Emotions & feelings

pour your heart into something

put great effort and feeling into something

To pour your heart into something means to give it a great deal of effort, care, and emotion.

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expression

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The performance was amazing.

You could tell they had poured their hearts into it.

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She poured her heart into the community garden project.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: She poured her heart on the project.

Say: She poured her heart into the project.

Use “into,” not “on,” after this expression.

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How it fits in a sentence.

pour your heart into something; pour one's heart into something

Your turn: say it out loud

She poured her heart into the community garden project.

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

pour your heart into something

put great effort and feeling into something

“She poured her heart into the community garden project.”

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