warm the cockles of someone's heart

English

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.

Verb

to warm the cockles of someone's heart

1. (idiomatic) To provide happiness, to bring a deeply-felt contentment

Synonyms

• (to provide happiness): warm someone's heart

Related terms

• heart-warming

Translations

to provide happiness to someone

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 令人滿意, 令人满意 (lìng rén mǎnyì), 讓人開心, 让人开心 (ràng rén kāixīn), 讓人快樂, 让人快乐 (ràng rén kuàilè) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: lämmittää jonkun sydäntä (fi) French: faire chaud au cœur

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References

• http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-coc2.htm