heart in the right place, have one's



heart in the right place, have one's

Be well-intentioned, Her plan to reconcile them didn't succeed, but she had her heart in the right place. [Early 1800s]
See also: have, heart, right

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Terezie-Czech
Beatrice['bi:ətris]
Weldon['weldən]
Anica-Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Lavrentiy-Russian
LilliLI-lee (German), LEEL-lee (Finnish)German, Finnish