have\ a\ soft\ spot\ in\ one's\ heart\ for

have\ a\ soft\ spot\ in\ one's\ heart\ for
v. phr.
To be sympathetically inclined towards; entertain a predilection for.

Ron always had a soft spot in his heart for intellectual women wearing miniskirts.


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