L’histoire et la valeur de la balance Salter

What does “mon cœur balance” mean in French?

In French, when you cannot choose between two options, you can say “mon cœur balance.” It means “my heart sways” — you keep going back and forth. The clip adds a clever twist: the video is about an old set of weighing scales, and “une balance” means “scales” in French. So the narrator’s heart “sways” while talking about something that literally sways to weigh things.

The clip opens: “Aujourd’hui, mon cœur balance et flanche pour cette magnifique Salter…” (“Today my heart sways and gives in for this beautiful Salter…”). The narrator is saying he cannot resist this old object. The verb is “balancer” — to sway or swing. The full saying is “entre les deux, mon cœur balance” (“between the two, my heart sways”), used when you cannot pick between two things. People often shorten it to just “mon cœur balance.” Watch out: the noun “une balance” means “weighing scales,” not a money balance. For a bank balance, French uses “le solde.” The same word family covers both “to waver” and “scales” — which is the exact pun in this video. Example: “Tarte aux pommes ou fondant au chocolat ? Entre les deux, mon cœur balance.”