Define Take It To Heart Meaning

Person A: Oh, the teachers are wasting too much time.
Person B: No!I have been working all day long and did not take any breaks yet...
Person A: Oh, "don't take it to heart", I did not mean you.

"I'm just saying, kiddo, what you're doing is offending others and it's getting you nowhere. Don't take it to heart."
Reverse psychology ensues; kiddo takes it to heart and sees themself as a terrible person.

Ex. 1
Pablo: Yo, dont take it to the heart, but your haircut... yeah its kinda gay.

Jose: Haha, this nigguh , nah man i like it.



Ex. 2

Carlos: damn Tony ur a homo dude!

Tony: Wow dude your gay =

Carlos: Haha jk dude, damn you took it to the heart!

I take heart in the fact that I will never see that jerk again for the rest of my life.

Don't just toy with the idea of becoming an actor and take it half-hearted, if you really want to be an actor, work for it!

On the morning after Taylor and Carl's acrimonious break-up, Taylor felt terrible for her downright venomous attitude towards Carl and hoped that he didn't take it to heart. But alas, he did; that morning, he was found dead in an apparent suicide.