the bowels of compassion

the bowels of compassion
(the bowels of compassion (или pity) (тж. bowels of mercy))
сочувствие, сострадание [bowels of mercy этим. библ. Philippians II, 1]

Thou beast without bowels of mercy, why leave me my child, yet rob me of the wherewithal to feed it? (M. Twain, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court’, ch. 20) — Зверь бесчувственный, возьми и ребенка, если ты лишил меня возможности кормить его.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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