Take guts
To require courage to do something very dangerous or risky.
“It must take guts to answer back to your boss.”
” It took guts to admit I was wrong before you all.”
ORIGIN
Belly and guts are considered the seat of our emotions, the place where we feel physically fear and nervousness and perhaps this was the reason for “guts” to evolve into a figurative noun meaning courage in the 19th century.
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