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have no heart for
Idioms and Phrases
Also, not have the heart for . Lack enthusiasm for, as in After the dog died he had no heart for taking long walks , or I should go through the family albums, but I don't have the heart for it . [Mid-1600s] Also see heart in it .Example Sentences
The Biden White House and the Democrats have no heart for the fight they face, and no head for it either.
“Amy is left for him, and they would suit excellently, but I have no heart for such things, now. I don’t care what becomes of anybody but you, Beth. You must get well.”
After a day when he had few customers and no tips, Raji would have no heart for books, but most of the time he was eager to learn.
Mother says I have no heart for my own kind.
It is marvellous how full of contradiction it makes us; we are first dull, and seek for wild and lonely places because we have no heart for the garden;254 presently we recover our spirits, and build an assembly room among the mountains, because we have no reverence for the desert.
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