Close to my heart meaning in English

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Definition

(This subject) is close to my heart: (This subject) is very important or dear to me idiom

Examples

"I'm Brent Vanderplop, and I'm with you until the end of the program. Right now we have Radio Rhubarb's financial correspondent, Stella Mercato, who is with us to talk about a subject that's very close to my heart: money."

Exercise 1

Brent says money is close to his heart.

This means that:

Brent keeps his financial details private.

Money is of great importance to Brent.

Money causes Brent to worry.

Brent always carries money with him.

I don't know

Brent says money is close to his heart.

This means that:

Brent keeps his financial details private.

This is not the best choice here. If someone says money is "close to their heart", it does not mean that they keep their financial details private, secret or "to themselves".

Money is of great importance to Brent.

This is correct. If something is "close to one's heart", it is important or significant (to someone). For example: "Madhavi moved from India to Britain when she was 25. Since then, the subject of immigration has been close to her heart". In the audio, Brent says, "money is very close to my heart" to indicate that he is interested in money, and probably motivated by it!

Money causes Brent to worry.

This is not the best choice here. If money is "close to Brent's heart", Brent is probably concerned about money, but only to the extent that it is important to him and he likes it. The expression does not imply that Brent is worried or anxious about money.

Brent always carries money with him.

This is incorrect. If Brent keeps money "close to his heart", it does not mean that he literally keeps money close to his heart, in the sense that he carries money with him or "on" him (in a wallet in his jacket pocket).

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