heart of stone
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You’d have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 26, 2025
"My family say I'm the woman with the heart of stone, but I found it very emotional."
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
You’d need a heart of stone, or at least one that pumps claret and blue, to rule it out.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2022
“You have to have a heart of stone if you can’t feel some level of compassion for these people,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2018
But that was the very help she needed; all she needed; if the heart of stone within her were gone, all the rest would fall into train.
From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan
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