warm the cockles of someone's heart
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[edit] Etymology
Unknown, possibly derived either from the similarity in appearance of the heart valves to the cockle, a bivalve mollusk of the family Cardiidae or from a misuse of the medieval Latin word for heart - cochleae cordis. An Irish Gaelic origin has been suggested.
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to warm the cockles of someone's heart
- (idiomatic) To provide happiness, to bring a deeply-felt contentment
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- (to provide happiness): warm someone's heart
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to provide happiness to someone
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