Idiom
be still my heart
Meaning
An admonition to oneself to calm down when overly excited, especially in terms of romantic attraction.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Be still my heart, he just walked into the room.”
“When the actor finally looked my way, I thought, be still my heart, this is actually happening.”
“As she caught sight of the long-lost letter, she whispered, be still my heart, for the words written within were more beautiful than she had ever dared to imagine.”
Examples
simple
“Be still my heart, he just walked into the room.”
contextual
“When the actor finally looked my way, I thought, be still my heart, this is actually happening.”
complex
“As she caught sight of the long-lost letter, she whispered, be still my heart, for the words written within were more beautiful than she had ever dared to imagine.”
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