take to heart

sich zu Herzen nehmen

Ratschläge oder Bemerkungen ernst nehmen und sich in seinen Gefühlen oder seinem Handeln davon beeinflussen lassen.

In einfachem Englisch: To treat advice or comments as important and let them affect your feelings or actions.

• I took your advice to heart.
• Don't take every rude comment to heart.
• Has he taken the warning to heart?

So benutzt man es: take something to heart (She took her teacher's advice to heart and practised every day.)

Synonyme: take seriously, heed, internalize

Gegenteile: disregard

Häufige Wendungen: take something to heart, really take to heart

sich zu Herzen nehmen

Sich etwas sehr zu Herzen nehmen und deshalb stark bedrückt sein.

In einfachem Englisch: If you are deeply affected by something, you feel very upset about it.

• He took the criticism to heart.
• Try not to take their jokes to heart.
• She took her failure to heart and cried all evening.

So benutzt man es: take something to heart (She took his harsh comments to heart.)

Synonyme: be hurt by, be upset by

Häufige Wendungen: take criticism to heart, take something to heart