out of the goodness of heart



*out of the goodness of one's heart

Fig. simply because one is kind. (*Typically: be something ~; do something ~.) What are you going to pay me? You don't expect me to do this out of the goodness of my heart, do you?
See also: goodness, heart, of, out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nikomedes-Ancient Greek
Fabien-French
Sotiria-Greek
PaavoPAH:-vo (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian
IntanEEN-tahn (Indonesian)Indonesian, Malay
Rebecca[ri'bekə]