Meaning of FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

So in English when we use the phrase "from the bottom of my heart" it's usually used

to indicate that we are very sincere about what we are saying or that we are very truthful

about what we are saying.

It's used to express sincere emotion.

Often you will hear it with the phrase "thank you".

So you may hear an English speaker say something like, "Thank you from the bottom of my heart

for helping me when my car broke down the other day."

You will often hear this phrase used at a wedding when someone is up front giving a

speech.

You might hear someone say, "I just want to thank my parents from the bottom of my heart

for doing such a good job raising me.

I just want to thank my parents from the bottom of my heart for being kind and teaching me

good values when I was a kid."

You also might hear this phrase "from the bottom of my heart" when someone is thanking

someone for doing a lot of really good work at a job or when they are retiring.

So at a retirement party, that's a party given for someone who is retiring from a job, you

might hear the boss go up and say, "I would just like to thank you from the bottom my

heart for all of the hard work that you did over the many years that you worked for our

company."

So again if you thank someone from the bottom of your heart it means that you are very sincere

and very grateful for what they have done.