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When you swear that what you've just said is the truth.
O: have you been drinking sir?
D: no, officer.
O: you sure?
D: cross my heart and hope to die!
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2011 13:18 pm cross your heart |
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| Unfortunately, I couldn't understand. |
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2011 13:53 pm cross your heart |
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| Mj_Developer wrote: |
| Unfortunately, I couldn't understand. |
You use it to emphasize that what you've previously stated is nothing but the truth.
Cross my heart = I swear on a stack of Bibles that it's the truth!
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2011 13:55 pm cross your heart |
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'cross one's heart' -- something people say to accentuate that they have just told the truth (as Tort has already explained)
or in order to give more weight to a promise.
e.g. I saw him with my own eyes stealing the old lady's purse. Cross my heart!
I promise I will never have a single drop of alcohol again. Cross my heart!
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cross+heart
Any clearer? :)
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2011 14:35 pm cross your heart |
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| Do you mean that 'cross my heart' = 'to swear'? |
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2011 14:43 pm cross your heart |
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Yes, but 'swear' as in 'promise to have told the truth', not as in 'use rude or offensive language'.
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| #8 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2011 14:44 pm cross your heart |
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| Mj_Developer wrote: |
| Do you mean that 'cross my heart' = 'to swear'? |
To swear/insist/assure that something you've said earlier is true.
It's an emphatic, informal statement. It doesn't have the air of formality about it the word "to swear" does.
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| #9 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2011 14:48 pm cross your heart |
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| Thank you |
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