Question of the Day #571

"‘Have a Heart for the Homeless’ is on the ball "

From the headline of this article at the Wellsville Daily Reporter.

上記の文で、have a heartの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "have a heart" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

思いやりがある、情け深い心を持つ［起こす］

Answer

According to the McMillan Dictionary :

used for asking someone to be more reasonable, because they are asking you to do something that is too difficult or unpleasant

Examples

• "'There,' said he; 'now you have a heart that any man might be proud of'". Gregory Maguire WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
• Don't make me write it again! Have a heart!
• Please let me go to the party – have a heart!
• Have a heart! I'll never get all that done.
• ‘They've given over a million dollars through our services to the evacuees there and so they have a heart.’

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