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[heart skip a beat] or [heart miss a beat]

1. The heart leaves out or seems to leave out a beat; the heart beats hard or leaps from excitement or strong feeling. — Often considered trite.

* /When Paul saw the bear standing in front of him, his heart  […]

[heart stand still]  {v. phr.}

To be very frightened or worried.

Johnny's heart stood still when he saw his dog run into the street in front of a car.

Everybody's heart stood still when the President announced that war was declared.

Compare:  […]

[heart-to-heart]  {adj.}

Speaking freely and seriously about something private.

The father decided to have a heart-to-heart talk with his son about smoking.

She waited until they were alone so she could have a heart-to-heart talk with him.

 […]

[hearty]

See: [HALE AND HEARTY].

[heat]

See: [CANNED HEAT].

[heave in sight]  {v. phr.}

To seem to rise above the horizon at sea and come into sight; come into view; become visible. — Usually used of ships.

[heaven]

See:

[MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH],

[WOULD THAT] or [WOULD HEAVEN].

[heaven knows] or [heaven only knows]

See: [GOD KNOWS].

[heavenly days!]  {interj.},  {informal}

Exclamation of amazement and disbelief with negative coloring.

Heavenly days! Look what happened! The dog did it again on the Persian carpet!

Compare: [GOOD GRIEF!]

[heave to]  {v.}

To bring a ship to a stop; bring a sailing ship to a standstill by setting the sails in a certain way.

"Heave to!" the captain shouted to his crew.

* /We fired a warning shot across the front of the pirate ship to make her heave  […]