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
Anastas	ah-nah-STAHS (Bulgarian)	Russian, Bulgarian
Gustavo	goo-STAH-vo (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Phoibos	-	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Pere	-	Catalan
KÖRbl	KUUR-bəl	German
Samina	-	Arabic