B2idiomemotionsIELTS-friendly
lose heart
USUK
to stop believing you can succeed and lose your motivation
No article and no 'your': 'lose heart', not 'lose your heart' (that means to fall in love). The opposite is 'take heart'.
In context
Don't lose heart if you fail your driving test the first time.
The volunteers lost heart when the rain washed away the new trees.
More idioms about emotions
- a bitter pill to swallowan unpleasant fact or situation that is hard to accept
- a bundle of nervesvery nervous and worried
- a chip on your shouldera lasting anger because you feel you were treated unfairly in the past
- a knot in your stomacha tight, sick feeling in your body caused by worry or fear
- a lump in your throata tight feeling in your throat because you are so moved that you might cry