idioms

dear to your heart (very emotionally important to you) Money is dear to her heart. I like to go to the Eiffel Tower, a place close to his heart.     – English Vocabulary

cry your heart out (to cry for a long time) Poor Sophia really cried her heart out during the funeral. I was so upset yesterday that I cried my heart out.   – English Vocabulary

cross my heart  informal (to stress that you are telling the truth) I’ll clean the room tomorrow. Cross my heart! I didn’t take your bicycle; cross my heart!   – English Vocabulary

  a red herring (a fact or subject that is not important but takes people’s attention away from something that is important) Ethnical disagreement is a red herring to divert public attention from embezzlement. The argument at the inauguration ceremony was indeed a red herring to discredit the president.   …

  a rat race (a way of life in which people compete aggressively against each other in order to succeed) Jason has been in a rat race all his life. And now he is enjoying his retired life to the fullest. (a tiring, crowded, or disorderly rush) The party last …