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one's heart goes out to smb #1 (permalink) Tue Oct 16, 2007 15:52 pm   one's heart goes out to smb
 

Hi,

I just heard this phrase on Simpsons: My heart goes off to you

I could not find this phrase in my dictionary, but I found this: one's heart goes out to smb

Do those phrases bear the same meaning?

Thanks for your time !
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one's heart goes out to smb #2 (permalink) Tue Oct 16, 2007 17:17 pm   one's heart goes out to smb
 

Hi Alex

"My heart goes off to you" is not an expression I know. If the word 'off' was actually used (instead of 'out'), I really don't know what meaning might have been intended.

In order to judge whether there was any wordplay involved, I'd need to have more of the script.
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one's heart goes out to smb #3 (permalink) Tue Oct 16, 2007 21:48 pm   one's heart goes out to smb
 

Hi, Amy

Thanks for your reply. As long as the phrase was taken from a cartoon, I can't provide you with much context, but I'll try :) Here is what they are saying:

(Bart getting inside a tent which is pitched around a refrigerator sees Homer already sitting in there)
Bart:--Homer, my heart goes off to you
Homer:--It's cool in here, boy. For the rest of this summer we can live inside the refrigerator
March:--Homer, the fridge wasn't meant to be used this way..oh then I must say it's certainly refreshing
Homer:--I got the idea when I noticed the refrigerator was cold...
March:--Would this overload the motor..
and so forth...

Here is a file (just 70 KB) which contains what I interpreted as "my heart goes off to you"
http://www.mediafire.com/?b1wxp2tlzb1

Can you confirm that I got the phrase right (or maybe it was actualy out, not off)

Thank you in advance !:)
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one's heart goes out to smb #4 (permalink) Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:04 am   one's heart goes out to smb
 

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My HAT goes off to you (= I congratulate you).
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one's heart goes out to smb #5 (permalink) Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:30 am   one's heart goes out to smb
 

Hi, Mister Micawber

Ops....

Thank you very much !
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