A feint, whether in chess or on the battlefield, is a maneuver designed to divert the opponent’s attention from the real center of attack. A feint is a daring move. Do not use this very specialized word in the expression “faint of heart” (or “faint at heart”), which implies timidity.
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- Since 2005 -; Wisconsin - Louisiana - Illinois - In Flux; "Conservative (or something. It'll come out in the blog)." - Steve S, 1.11.05 ... Posted by Brad V at 7:16 PM ... I was looking up which term was proper earlier today. It turns out the latter phrase is correct. But it turns out I'm not the only one who thought it...
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Google reports 3,910 hits for "feint of heart", so it's a 3,910 whG pattern, weighing in at 912 whG/gp. By comparison, "faint of heart" comes in at 151,000 whG, or 35,238 whG/gp.
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personal bournal (blog) of Saskatchewan writer and editor Jillian Bell> ... 05/20/2006: "*Warning* - not for the feint/faint of heart" Did you see that warning? You probably didn't. So I'll say it again : WARNING - not for the feint/faint of heart; I have this weird armpit thing happening.
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In essence this means that judgment is not for the weak, sin-ridden, wishy-washy, or feint of heart. It is for strong hearted Christians, willing to bear the scrutiny that taking a stand and calling out sin and error demands.
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She is not for the feint of heart - and this stock's reaction around earnings season is why earnings are the best of times / worst of times for me. I love the new data points; I hate the raging stampede of lemmings over-reacting.
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I will agree that my spelling is not at the top of the class, but it's not supposed to be faint - so it's just some wordplayage.. Feign would perhaps be better (asin would produce more interesting connotations), but it looks nothing like the old adage of faint of heart.. ... Feint is all about desception, such as it's meaning...
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faint - lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady" ... the faint hearts → die Zaghaften pl, → die Hasenfüße pl (inf); faint heart never won fair lady (Prov) → wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt (Prov) ? also damn VT c ... adj faint [feint]
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Compare (say) feint of heart or reigns of power or honing in on, where spelling correction would have to use a phrasal lexicon and a modest imitation of artificial intelligence. ... faint of heart...
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