He could not find it in his heart to tell her about her mother's death.
Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?
He could never find it in his heart to be mean to a dog.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
find it in one's heart — To be able to bring oneself • • • Main Entry: ↑heart … Useful english dictionary
find it in one's heart to do usu. with negative — allow or force oneself to do. → find … English new terms dictionary
find it in one's heart — {v. phr.} To be able or willing because of your nature. * /He could not find it in his heart to tell her about her mother s death./ * /Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?/ * /He could never find it in his heart to be mean to a dog./ … Dictionary of American idioms
find it in one's heart — {v. phr.} To be able or willing because of your nature. * /He could not find it in his heart to tell her about her mother s death./ * /Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?/ * /He could never find it in his heart to be mean to a dog./ … Dictionary of American idioms
find it in one's heart to do something — allow or force oneself to do something I ask you to find it in your heart to forgive me … Useful english dictionary
To lose one's heart — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
With all one's heart — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
find in one's heart — phrasal archaic : to be willing or disposed I could find in my heart to ask your pardon Philip Sidney … Useful english dictionary
heart — See: AFTER ONE S OWN HEART, AT HEART, EAT ONE S HEART OUT, BREAK ONE S HEART, BY HEART, CHANGE OF HEART, CROSS ONE S HEART, DO ONE GOOD or DO ONE S HEART GOOD, FIND IT IN ONE S HEART, FROM THE BOTTOM OF ONE S HEART or WITH ALL ONE S HEART, FROM… … Dictionary of American idioms
