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Meaning of someone's heart is in | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Someone is emotionally invested in (something); someone does (something) wholeheartedly.

idiomatic

Examples

“John Redwood, a longtime Eurosceptic Tory MP, said: “Sir Ivan’s heart was not in the negotiations. The talks do not need to be that complicated. If you leave, you leave. You take control of your borders, your laws and your money and that is not something that needs to be negotiated with Mrs Merkel.””

“In September, [Richard] Lee set up a deal for him to go to top-flight Newcastle United as a reserve, but [Ben] Foster decided his heart wasn’t in it, rejected the move and retired.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

someone's jaw dropped someone's luck is in someone's number is up something is better than nothing something is rotten in Denmark something is rotten in the state of Denmark