have best interest at heart



have someone's best interest(s) at heart

to make decisions based on someone's best interests. I know she was only doing what would benefit her, but she said she had my best interests at heart.
See also: have, heart, interest

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hilton['hiltən]
Gvidas-Lithuanian
Underwood['ʌndəwud]
TillTILGerman
Farid-Arabic, Iranian, Urdu, Azerbaijani
Hiram['haiərəm]