be still my heart

verb

An admonition to oneself to calm down when overly excited, especially in terms of romantic attraction.

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Meanings

verb

alternative be still my beating heart

  1. idiomaticAn admonition to oneself to calm down when overly excited, especially in terms of romantic attraction.

    Roll tape! Action! "I can't feel a pulse!" shouts Ms. Brunette Beauty, RN. "Call a code!" commands Blue-Eyed Hunk, MD. . . . He's talking to me. Be still my heart.

    1986, Priscilla Scherer, “Reflections: Daytime Drama,”, in The American Journal of Nursing, volume 86, number 1, page 106
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    How strange, how hellish (God forgive me for saying so!) it seems that she should love him. But, does she love him? Can she love him? Could she love him if she knew all? Know him she shall before she marries him. For the present, be still, my heart.

    1868, Charles Reade, chapter 8, in Foul Play

    Calling her installation "information as art," Hesh will have 28 separate documents and artifacts on view, one of which is—be still my heart—a stack of old newspapers.

    2004 December 10, Michael O'Sullivan, “In Baltimore, Seeing the '(In)visible'”, in Washington Post, retrieved 15 Jul 2008

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
calm down
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