2024-09-10
3 分钟Hello and welcome to the English we speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent english speakers so that you can use them, too.
I'm Fei fi and I'm joined by Georgie.
Hi, Fei Fei, how are you doing?
I'm well, thank you.
What about you?
I actually feel quite emotional.
Fei Fei, this morning I watched a video about a man who was reunited with his pet dog after it had been missing for three weeks.
It was a beautiful story.
It really tugged at my heartstrings.
Oh, how sweet.
Now, you set the story tucked at your heartstrings and thats the phrase were looking at in this program.
Tuck or pull at the heartstrings means that something brings out strong emotions.
Thats right.
But particularly emotions you might associate with the heart.
Things like love, compassion, sympathy or sadness.
So imagine something literally pulling on the nerves or strings attached to the heart.
Fei Fei, when was the last time something pulled at your heartstrings?
Recently I've been following this soap on tv and the two main characters really want to be with each other and they've overcome a lot of difficulties and we, the audience really wanted them to be together as well, but in the end, they still couldn't be with each other.
It really tugged at my heartstrings.
Oh, I bet it did.