"heart of hearts" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-heart of hearts.ogg Forms: hearts of hearts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|hearts of hearts}} heart of hearts (plural hearts of hearts)
  1. (idiomatic) One's innermost private feelings. Tags: idiomatic Translations (one’s innermost private feelings): syvällä sisimmässään [adverb] (Finnish), for intérieur (French), cuor proprio (Italian), w skrytości serca (Polish), dno srca [Roman, idiomatic] (Serbo-Croatian), en su fuero interno (Spanish)

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