chaitatp  +  82690 Mon, 21 Mar 05 10:23 AM I have found it in this url: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=9516 Thanks in advance. chaitatp Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Bangkok, Thailand New Member 19 ...waking up to pee and see whats up online

	pieanne  +  82700 Mon, 21 Mar 05 10:43 AM Hello, Chaitatp, The page is pretty long, could you please give the sentence and context? Without these, I'd say the "faint of heart" are those who have a faint heart, thus, maybe, who are easily scared? who are not courageous? pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,461 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

	chaitatp  +  82703 Mon, 21 Mar 05 11:21 AM First off, thank you very much for your answer. I've found another sentence in that article. It is ``I chose “unstable"… Not for the faint of heart!!! Choose “stable” for your first time…'' Which means he chose unstable version of software to install on his computer and he suggested that for newbies they should install the stable version. So the meaning of ``the faint of heart'' might be ``who are not courageous'' as you have stated. chaitatp Articles

	pieanne  +  82707 Mon, 21 Mar 05 11:48 AM Yes, I guess so... pieanne

	hbae787  +  82730 Mon, 21 Mar 05 03:10 PM "Not for the faint of heart" means not for people who, among other things, are - not courageous enough to see something gory, horrific or violent - not bold, rugged or determined enough for a tough task - not very adventurous to discover smthg new and exciting hbae787 Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Houston Junior Member 87

	MrPedantic  +  82843 Tue, 22 Mar 05 12:07 AM 'Not for the faint-hearted' means the same thing. If you've had a shock, or you're frightened or nervous, your 'heart' is 'faint'. Imagine the little fluttery feeling in your chest when you're apprehensive. That's 'faint-heartedness'. Here, it would be a metaphor; unless you took software very seriously indeed. MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,679 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Metaphors