词汇 | to one's hearts content |
释义 | (redirected from to one's hearts content)to (one's) heart's contentAs much as or to the point that one desires; to the point of contentment, satiety, or surfeit. I've made plenty of food for everyone, so please eat to your heart's content. The monthly pass allows customers to see movies in the theater to their hearts' content. to one's heart's contentFig. as much as one wants. John wanted a week's vacation so he could go to the lake and fish to his heart's content. I just sat there, eating chocolate to my heart's content. to one's heart's contentTo one's complete satisfaction, without limitation, as in I've been eating strawberries to my heart's content, or The youngsters played in the sand to their hearts' content. Shakespeare used this expression in a number of his plays. [Late 1500s] to your heart's contentCOMMON If you can do something to your heart's content, you can do it as much as you want. Note: The heart is traditionally regarded as the centre of the emotions. They could ride round to their heart's content. You can eat to your heart's content, knowing that you won't gain weight. to your heart's contentto the full extent of your desires.Heart's content was used by Shakespeare in Henry VI, Part 2 ( 1593 ) and in The Merchant of Venice ( 1596 ) in the sense of ‘complete inward satisfaction’. to your heart’s conˈtentas much or as long as you want: This weekend I’ll be able to read to my heart’s content. Content in this idiom means contentment (= a feeling of happiness or satisfaction). to (one's) heart's content To one's entire satisfaction, without limitation. |
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