get to the heart of

Idioms  

1. Find or determine the most important or essential facts or meaning. For example, It's important to get to the heart of the matter before we make any decisions. The noun heart has been used in the sense of “a vital part” since the early 1500s.

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Example Sentences

“When we think about racial disparities in vaccination, it’s really important to get to the heart of why they exist and continue to persist,” Dr. Maimuna Majumder, a computational epidemiologist and faculty member at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, told Salon in an email in relation to declines in measles vaccination fuelling the current outbreak of the disease.

From Salon

Sigmund Freud could not get to the heart of this lot.

From BBC

The father-son storyline is ultimately the most emotional part of the film, but it takes almost two hours to get to the heart of it.

From Salon

Now let's get to the heart of your question.

From Salon

“Ken was a special journalist in Northern Ireland as someone who managed to get to the heart of all the major political stories and cover the difficult issues whilst remaining the respect, admiration and affection of representatives from all political opinions”, Robinson said.

From BBC