fire in the belly vs hate

fire in the belly

noun
  • The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc. 

hate

noun
  • An object of hatred. 

  • Hatred. 

  • Negative feedback, abusive behaviour. 

verb
  • Used in a phrasal verb: hate on. 

  • To experience hatred. 

  • To dislike intensely or greatly. 

How often have the words fire in the belly and hate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )