affair of the heart
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Another notable affair of the heart to be shared with the Irish public was an interview with journalist Terry Keane in 1999.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2019
Questioned by Tunisian police at the airport, he said his trip to Turkey had been to follow a Turkish woman – an affair of the heart that had led nowhere.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2014
“To survive, the Union had to be an affair of the heart, and the heartbeat started faltering decades ago, at devolution,” he said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2014
As she careered into her Golden Girls years, she mocked the Grim Reaper by saying that “age-appropriate” clothing “would be a shroud” and that, “At my age, an affair of the heart is a bypass.”
From Time ● Sep. 4, 2014
All the more likely his standing firm, and proving true in an affair of the heart.
From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid
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