not to have the balls to do something, not to have the guts to do something
O Bruno não teve colhão para admitir que tinha mentido.
Bruno did not have the balls to admit that he had lied.
Dicio records the testicle-to-courage metaphor in ter colhões.
Source: Dicio — colhão.
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