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heart of hearts

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heartofhearts (pluralhearts of hearts)

  1. (idiomatic) One'sinnermostprivatefeelings.
    • 1876, [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “At His Door”, inJoshua Haggard’s Daughter [], volume III, London:John Maxwell and Co. [],→OCLC,pages180–181:
      Yet the darling sin is there in ourheart of hearts; we hug it close—we hide it from every human eye. But in the still night-watches it comes forth like a serpent out of his hole, and rears its venomous crest, and stings us with the horror of our guilt.
    • 1896 November –1897 May,Rudyard Kipling, chapter X, inCaptains Courageous, Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday & Company, published1897,→OCLC:
      With the "Constance," which in hisheart of hearts he loathed, departed the last remnant of Cheyne's millionairedom, and he gave himself up to an energetic idleness.
    • 1913,D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter V, inSons and Lovers, London:Duckworth & Co. [],→OCLC:
      She was grieved, and bitterly sorry for the man who was hurt so much. But still, in herheart of hearts, where the love should have burned, there was a blank.

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one’s innermost private feelings
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