affair of the heart
Example Sentences
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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
Firstly, he is passionate in defence of the single currency which he described as an "affair of the heart".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2014
Beethoven began composing his vivacious Eighth Symphony in the summer of 1812, when he was enduring a painful affair of the heart with the woman he called “Immortal Beloved.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2011
It sounds less like an affair of the heart than a refuge in need.
From The Guardian ● May 31, 2010
But instead of its being an "affair of the heart," it is really a very different affair,—nothing but a hasty transaction in fancy stocks.
From Nature and Culture by Harvey Rice
