2006-09-20 19:11:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
this phrase signifies anxiety
I think it is trying to be evocative of that tense feeling when you are holding your breath, and you can feel your heart pounding away because you are waiting for something bad to happen
it is not to be mistaken with a similar phrase "to have one's heart on one's sleeve"
2006-09-20 19:14:40 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"to have one's heart in one's mouth"......
means to be in a situation of suspense and be impatient, where one's heart beats very fast.
2006-09-21 05:42:08 · answer #2 · answered by meetu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it describes that kind of situation whre you are so afraid/ excited whatever that your heart is pounding so hard you feel as if its gonna come up your throat cos your chest cant hold it.
2006-09-21 07:16:39 · answer #3 · answered by Jo D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a mutation of " Eat your heart out" which i haven't been able to pin down either
2006-09-21 02:25:57 · answer #4 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
... This means that someone talks too much.
He is "wearing his heart on his tongue" we
say in Europe.
2006-09-21 07:27:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be terrified or scared.
2006-09-22 02:20:54 · answer #6 · answered by bobbie e 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, questreso!
It's an expression of "fear" or "extreme fright".
2006-09-21 05:02:21 · answer #7 · answered by Seneca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scared shitless
2006-09-21 06:14:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scared to death.
2006-09-21 02:19:20 · answer #9 · answered by MaqAtak 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋