English Dictionary

after one's own heart

/ˈæftə wʌnz əʊn ˈhɑːt/

prep_phrase

(idiomatic) Of a person: having the same disposition, feelings, or opinions as oneself. / (idiomatic) Of a situation or thing: according to, or appealing to, one's own desire, liking, or taste.

She is a musician after my own heart.

意味（1）

(idiomatic) Of a person: having the same disposition, feelings, or opinions as oneself.

[H]e [God] ſet vppe David to be their kynge⸝ to whome he gave witnes⸝ ſaynge: I have founde David the ſonne of Jeſſe⸝ a man after myne awne hert⸝ he ſhall fullfyll all my will.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) Of a situation or thing: according to, or appealing to, one's own desire, liking, or taste.

In this particular party, small as it was, culture, learning, art, arms, landed interest and hereditary sway were properly personified. It was, indeed, a representative gathering after the Talberts' own hearts.