Bless Your Heart.

Bless Your Heart Popular Phrase. The meaning of this Southern expression lies in how it’s spoken. So keep a sharp-tuned ear! It can be genuinely sympathetic – “Bless your heart, you bit off more than you could chew trying to fix up your mamma’s old house.” Or, it can be sassy – “Bless your heart, you need to fire that hairstylist!” Or, it can be downright insulting, delivered with a smile meant to kill you with kindness – “Well (Insert a big pause here) Bless. Your. Heart.”