warm the cockles of someone's heart

Etymology
First documented use in 1671. Corruption of in. Earlier attempt to explain the etymology no longer noted in reference works: Possibly due to resemblance of cockles to hearts.

Verb

 * 1)  To provide happiness, to bring a deeply-felt contentment.
 * 2) * 1671 :
 * This contrivance of his did inwardly rejoice the cockles of his heart.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 令人滿意, 讓人開心, 讓人快樂
 * Finnish: lämmittää jonkun sydäntä
 * French:, , réchauffer le cœur
 * German: Herz wärmen
 * Italian: allargare il cuore
 * Japanese: 心を温める
 * Korean: 마음을 따뜻하게 하다, 훈훈하게 하다
 * Polish: lać miód na serce
 * Portuguese: aquecer o coração
 * Russian: согрева́ть се́рдце, согре́ть се́рдце
 * Swedish: värma om hjärtat