mettre du baume au cœur
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to put balm to the heart”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (informal) to gladden (someone's) heart, to to warm the cockles of (someone's) heart, to do (someone's) heart good, to be heart-warming [with à ‘someone’]
- Synonym: faire chaud au cœur
- 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
- Les petites attentions qu’il avait parfois pour Maman me mettait de baume au cœur.
- The small thoughtful acts he sometimes did for Mum were heart-warming.