Phrase info

faint of heart

Speech parts

1. faint of heart - Noun

2. faint of heart - Adjective

3. faint of heart - Phrase

Meaning

faint of heart (comparative more faint of heart, superlative most faint of heart)

faint-hearted

faint of heart pl (plural only)

timid people considered as a group

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

faint-of-heart

Examples

Lincoln -- they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me. So democracy has never been for the faint of heart. Barack Obama

Moving forward will not be for the faint of heart. But if the next century witnesses failure, let it be because our science is not yet up to the job, not because we don't have the courage to make less random the sometimes most unfair courses of human evolution. James D. Watson

Leadership is not for the faint of heart. Bill Hybels

Growing old on screen is not for the faint of heart. George Clooney

Moving forward will not be for the faint of heart. James D. Watson

Making a movie with Lindsay Lohan is not for the faint of heart. Grant Bowler

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