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Phrase: Faint of heart
People who are faint of heart feel nauseous when exposed to something that disgusts or scares them.
Are you afraid of heights?
Perhaps you cannot watch specific TV programs that show lots of blood.
Of course, everybody has something they fear, be it heights, small places, blood (even a little) or horror movies.
We use this phrase in various ways: Working in construction on high buildings, being a surgeon in a hospital or a veterinarian who works on farms cannot be faint of heart.
The people in these professions experience scary situations every day, which may cause others to feel highly uncomfortable.
In case you’re wondering, I’m not faint of heart when it comes to heights, but I really cannot watch horror movies.
I just don’t see the point of horror films.
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