have bowels —(dated) have compassion or sympathy:
- I am a man that can feel for my neighbors. I have bowels—yes I have bowels.
have the guts—(coll., also: have guts)
1. be a tough, courageous type of person:
- A boy’s got to have guts to make his way in this rat race of a modern world.
2. be insolent enough to do smth.:
- You abandoned her. How could you have the guts to show your face again?