to his heart's content

to his heart's content
as much as he wanted

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • to your heart's content — to your heart’s content phrase as much or as often as you like You can wander around the estate to your heart’s content. Thesaurus: with energy and enthusiasmsynonym Main entry: heart * * * to your heart s content see ↑heart …   Useful english dictionary

  • Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador — Infobox Settlement official name = Heart s Content other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Town motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = city logo = citylogo size = pushpin… …   Wikipedia

  • to one's heart's content — {adv. phr.} To the extent of one s wishes; one s complete satisfaction. * /There is a wonderful small restaurant nearby where you can eat to your heart s content./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • to one's heart's content — {adv. phr.} To the extent of one s wishes; one s complete satisfaction. * /There is a wonderful small restaurant nearby where you can eat to your heart s content./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • heart — noun 1 BODY ORGAN (C) the organ in your chest which pumps blood through your body: Eating too many fatty foods is bad for the heart. | My heart was beating so fast I thought it would burst. | have heart trouble/have a heart condition (=have… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • content — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin contentus, from past participle of continēre to hold in, contain more at contain Date: 15th century contented, satisfied < was content with her life as it was > II. transitive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • heart — W1S1 [ha:t US ha:rt] n ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑liver, ↑lung, ↑muscles, ↑stoma …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • HEART — (Heb. לֵב, lev, pl. לִבּוֹת, libbot; לֵבָב, levav, pl. לְבָבוֹת, levavot). The corresponding Hebrew words only sometimes have the meanings in question but many translators and writers on Bible are, or act as if they were, largely unaware of the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • heart — [ hart ] noun *** ▸ 1 organ that pumps blood ▸ 2 area of chest with heart ▸ 3 your feelings ▸ 4 inner central part ▸ 5 shape representing love ▸ 6 suit of playing cards ▸ 7 most important part ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the organ in your chest that… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • heart — [härt] n. [ME herte < OE heorte, akin to Ger herz < IE base * k̑erd , k̑ṙd , heart > L cor, (gen. cordis), Gr kardia, OIr cride, Serb sr̈ce] 1. a) the hollow, muscular organ in a vertebrate animal that receives blood from the veins and… …   English World dictionary

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