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your heart isn't in it
Definition
› If your heart isn't in it, you do not feel interested or enthusiastic about something: I tried to look interested, but my heart wasn't in it.Lacking interest and enthusiasmUnwilling and reluctantNot showing or feeling emotions
(Definition of your heart isn't in it from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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your ears must be burning idiom
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your eyes pop out of your head idiom
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your guess is as good as mine idiom
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your heart aches idiom
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your heart goes out to sb idiom
- your heart isn't in it idiom
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your heart skips/misses a beat idiom
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your heart's desire idiom
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your hour has come idiom
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your idea of sth idiom
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your lord and master idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Lacking interest and enthusiasm
Synonyms and related words:
- anaemic adjective
- apathetic adjective
- apathy noun
- blasé adjective
- bothered adjective
- can take it or leave it idiom
- flatly adverb (WITHOUT EMOTION)
- half-hearted adjective
- incurious adjective
- indifference noun
- indifferent adjective (NOT INTERESTED)
- lukewarm adjective (REACTION)
- passionless adjective
- politely adverb
- spiritless adjective
- stolid adjective
- taker noun (ACCEPT)
- tepid adjective (NOT ENTHUSIASTIC)
- unconcerned adjective
- world-weary adjective
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