out of the goodness of one's heart
English
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]out of the goodness of one's heart
- Motivated by genuine altruism, as opposed to self-serving incentives.
- You really think that conman offered you assistance out of the goodness of his heart? Doubtful. He must be working an angle.
Further reading
[edit]- “out of the goodness of one's heart”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “out of the goodness of one's heart”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “do something out of the goodness of your heart” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.