bless\ one's\ heart

bless\ one's\ heart
v. phr.
To thank someone; consider one the cause of something good that has happened.

Aunt Jane, bless her heart, left me half a million dollars!


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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