half a heart, with



half a heart, with

With only moderate enthusiasm, as in After his transfer he worked with half a heart, looking forward to early retirement. [Mid-1800s] For an antonym, see with all one's heart.
See also: half

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Iovita-Ancient Roman
Juste-French
AlexAL-əks (English), AH-ləks (Dutch)English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic
Abenner-Biblical Greek
Yosef-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Carlisakar-LEE-səEnglish (Rare)