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Idiom your heart isn't in it
Definition you are not really interested or enthusiastic about something
Examples - I've started having piano lessons, but my heart isn't in it.
- She tried to learn Russian but her heart wasn't really in it and she gave up after a couple of months.
- But there was something else wrong with that business, and it took a while before I could see it. I got another job, the pay was good, the benefits were great... but my heart wasn't in it.
- I dutifully helped my little brother prepare milk and cookies for Santa, but my heart wasn't in it.

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