not have the heart to do



not have the heart to do something

Fig. to be too compassionate to do something. I just don't have the heart to tell him the bad news.
See also: have, heart, not

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ekwueme-Western African, Igbo
Kyle[kail]
Theodoor-Dutch
NicoNEE-ko (Italian, Dutch, Spanish)Italian, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese
Keira-English (Modern)
ŽEljka-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene