out of the goodness of one's heart

out of the goodness of one's heart
*out of the goodness of one's heart
Fig. simply because one is kind. (*Typically: be something \out of the goodness of one's heart; dosomething \out of the goodness of one's heart.) •

What are you going to pay me? You don't expect me to do this out of the goodness of my heart, do you?


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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