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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
SheenaSHEE-nəScottish, English
Bairnsfather['bɛənz.fa:ðə]
Heleentjehay-LAY:N-tyəDutch
Yaffa-Hebrew
Dorina (1)do-REE-nahRomanian
Gwynn-Welsh
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