Avoir un cœur d’artichaud

Literal Translation

To have an artichoke’s heart

Actual Meaning

To fall in love easily

Etymology

A 19th-century proverb said: ‘Artichoke heart, one leaf for everyone!’ The heart here refers to the centre of the perennial vegetable plant, the artichoke heart from which the numerous leaves are detached, one for each person, like someone who distributes a little love to many partners.

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