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find it in one's heart
find it in one's heart
Persuade oneself to do something, as in They were an hour late, but I couldn't find it in my heart to scold them. This expression, today generally put in the negative, alludes to searching self-examination. [Mid-1400s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Boos | | - | Biblical Greek |
Stella (1) | | STEL-ə (English) | English, Italian, Dutch, German |
Zita (1) | | DZEE-tah (Italian) | Italian, Portuguese, German, Czech, Slovak |
Valencia | | bah-LEN-thyah (Spanish), bah-LEN-syah (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
PervİN | | - | Turkish |
RefİK | | - | Turkish |