mettre du baume au cœur

French

Etymology

Literally, “to put balm to the heart”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ.tʁə dy bo.m‿o kœʁ/ ~ /me.tʁə dy bo.m‿o kœʁ/
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Verb

mettre du baume au cœur

  1. (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.
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