have the heart (to do something)



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have the heart (to do something)

To be hard hearted, callous, or unsympathetic (enough to do something); to have the emotional resolve (to do something). Usually used in the negative. How could you have the heart to fire Joanna the day after her father died? I didn't have the heart to tell her that I didn't love her anymore.
See also: have, heart

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
NicÉPhore-French
VarpuVAHR-pooFinnish
Medad-Biblical
Gaye (1)GAYEnglish
Judda-Ancient Germanic
Cyneweard-Anglo-Saxon