sporting blood

Willingness to take risks, as in His sporting blood won't let him stay away from the races. This idiom uses sporting in the sense of "associated with gambling."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dobbs	[dɔbz]
Afzal	-	Arabic
Fausto	-	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Theodotos	-	Ancient Greek
Mccord	[mə'kɔ:d]
Olubunmi	-	Western African, Yoruba