Avoir le cœur sur la main

Meaning: To be very generous and giving.

Language: French

Literally: To have your heart on your hand

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: Offering one's very heart in an open palm pictures spontaneous, open-handed generosity.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• To cost an arm and a leg — To be extremely expensive.
• Tener más cara que espalda — To be utterly shameless and brazen.
• Non avere peli sulla lingua — To speak bluntly and hold nothing back.
• Avere le mani bucate — To be a spendthrift.
• Остаться с носом — To be left empty-handed or outwitted.
• Делать ноги — To run away quickly.

More French idioms

• Tirer son épingle du jeu — To extract yourself cleverly from a tricky situation.
• Être soupe au lait — To be quick-tempered and flare up easily.
• Ne pas être sorti de l'auberge — To be far from done with one's troubles.
• Avoir la pêche — To be full of energy and on top form.
• Faire chou blanc — To draw a complete blank; to fail.
• Avoir une araignée au plafond — To be a little crazy.

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