your/somebody's heart is not in it
(one's) heart isn't in it
One is not emotionally invested in something. I used to love running, but my heart just isn't in it anymore—that's why I quit the track team this year. I can tell by the way you wrote this that your heart wasn't in it. Is something distracting you?
See also: heart
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
your/somebody’s ˈheart is not in it
somebody does not give all their enthusiasm, interest and energy to something: He agreed to write the book for a large sum of money, but his heart wasn’t in it, and it was never finished.See also: heart, not
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- heart in it, have one's
- heart not in it
- (one's) heart isn't in it
- have (one's) heart in (something)
- have your heart in
- where (one) is at
- where (one's) head is at
- where head is at
- where is at
- where someone is at