CROSS MY HEART (AND HOPE TO DIE)

Meaning of CROSS MY HEART (AND HOPE TO DIE) in English

( informal ) used to emphasize that you are telling the truth or will do what you promise :

I saw him do it—cross my heart.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

CROSS MY HEART (AND HOPE TO DIE) — ~ used to emphasize the truthfulness and sincerity of what one is saying. → cross
Concise Oxford English vocab
CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE — promise sincerely I'll pay you back on Friday, cross my heart and hope to die.
English Idioms vocab
CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE — promise sincerely, honestly , under oath I'll pay you back on Friday, cross my heart and hope to die.
English Idioms vocabulary
HOPE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Franklin John Hope Good Hope Cape of Hope diamond {{link=Hope Bob">Hope Bob Leslie Townes …
Английский словарь Британика
HEART — I Organ that pumps blood, circulating it to all parts of the body (see circulation ). The human heart is …
Английский словарь Британика
CROSS — I Principal symbol of Christianity , recalling the crucifixion of Jesus . There are four basic iconogaphic representations: the crux …
Английский словарь Британика
MY — I. Etymology: Middle English my, mi, min, from Old English mīn, suppletive gen. of ic I obsolete possessive of i …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOPE — I. ˈhōp verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian; akin to Old Frisian hopia to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEART
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CROSS — I. ˈkrȯs also ˈkräs noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English cros, crosse, from Old English cros, from Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOPE — — hoper , n. — hopingly , adv. /hohp/ , n. , v. , hoped, hoping . n. 1. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEART — /hahrt/ , n. 1. Anat. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIE — die 1 /duy/ , v.i. , died, dying . 1. to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CROSS — — crossable , adj. — crossability , n. /kraws, kros/ , n., v., adj., crosser, crossest . n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOPE — I. ˈhōp verb ( hoped ; hop·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hopian; akin to Middle High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEART — I. ˈhärt noun Etymology: Middle English hert, from Old English heorte; akin to Old High German herza heart, Latin cord-, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIE
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CROSS — I. ˈkrȯs noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Old Norse or Old Irish; Old Norse kross, from Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOPE — noun a small bay; an inlet; a haven. 2. hope ·noun a sloping plain between mountain ridges. 3. hope ·noun …
Webster English vocab
HEART — noun courage; courageous purpose; spirit. 2. heart ·noun vital part; secret meaning; real intention. 3. heart ·noun a term of …
Webster English vocab
DIE
Webster English vocab
CROSS
Webster English vocab
HOPE — [hope] vb hoped ; hop.ing [ME, fr. OE hopian; akin to MHG hoffen to hope] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEART — [heart] n [ME hert, fr. OE heorte; akin to OHG herza heart, L cord-, cor, Gk kardia] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIE
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CROSS — [cross] n [ME, fr. OE, fr. ON or OIr; ON kross, fr. OIr cros, fr. L cruc-, crux] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOPE — in Christian thought, one of the three theological virtues, the others being faith and charity (love). It is distinct from …
Britannica English vocabulary
HEART — organ that serves as a pump to circulate the blood. It may be a straight tube, as in spiders and …
Britannica English vocabulary
CROSS — the principal symbol of the Christian religion, recalling the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the redeeming benefits of his Passion …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOPE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEART — / hɑːt; NAmE hɑːrt/ noun PART OF BODY 1. [ C ] the organ in the chest that sends blood …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIE — / daɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( dies , dying , died , died ) 1. die …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CROSS — / krɒs; NAmE krɔːs/ noun , verb , adjective ■ noun MARK ON PAPER 1. [ C ] a mark …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MY — I. my 1 S1 W1 /maɪ/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘I’] 1 . used by the person who …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOPE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEART
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIE — I. die 1 S1 W1 /daɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle died , present participle dying …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CROSS — I. cross 1 S2 W2 /krɒs $ krɒːs/ BrE AmE verb 1 . GO FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER [intransitive …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOPE — n. & v. --n. 1 (in sing. or pl.; often foll. by of, that) expectation and desire combined, e.g. for …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEART — n. 1 a hollow muscular organ maintaining the circulation of blood by rhythmic contraction and dilation. 2 the region of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIE — n. 1 sing. of DICE n. 1a. ° Dice is now standard in general use in this sense. 2 (pl. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIE — v. (dies, died, dying) 1 intr. (often foll. by of) (of a person, animal, or plant) cease to live; expire, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CROSS — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 an upright post with a transverse bar, as used in antiquity for crucifixion. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MY — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1 of or belonging to me or myself (my house; my own business). 2 as a form of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOPE — n. & v. n. 1 (in sing. or pl.; often foll. by of, that) expectation and desire combined, e.g. for …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEART — n. 1 a hollow muscular organ maintaining the circulation of blood by rhythmic contraction and dilation. 2 the region of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIE — v. (dies, died, dying) 1 intr. (often foll. by of) (of a person, animal, or plant) cease to live; expire, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CROSS — n., v., & adj. n. 1 an upright post with a transverse bar, as used in antiquity for crucifixion. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MY — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1. of or belonging to me or myself (my house; my own business). 2 as a form of …
Oxford English vocab
HOPE — n. & v. --n. 1. (in sing. or pl.; often foll. by of, that) expectation and desire combined, e.g. for …
Oxford English vocab
HEART — n.1 a hollow muscular organ maintaining the circulation of blood by rhythmic contraction and dilation. 2 the region of the …
Oxford English vocab
DIE — 1. v. (dies, died, dying) 1. intr. (often foll. by of) (of a person, animal, or plant) cease to live; …
Oxford English vocab
CROSS — n., v., & adj. --n. 1. an upright post with a transverse bar, as used in antiquity for crucifixion. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
CROSS — I. VERB AND NOUN USES /krɒs, AM krɔ:s/ ( crosses, crossing, crossed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'My' is the first person singular …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOPE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEART — ( hearts) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your heart is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIE — ( dies, dying, died) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When people, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOPE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chance/hope/possibility of escape ▪ The river offered our only hope of escape. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEART — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a back/heart/kidney etc problem ▪ He was born with heart problems. a donor heart/liver/kidney etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a custom dies out/disappears (= gradually stops being done ) ▪ Sometimes the streets …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CROSS — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a border crossing (= a place where you cross a border ) ▪ There …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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