do (someone) a world/lot of good

idiom

: to be very useful to or helpful for (someone)

The visit with her grandchildren did her a world/lot of good.

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While pulling fluid into and bulking up your stool and prompting fermentation reactions with the microbes in your gut can do a lot of good, there are potential drawbacks such as excess gas, bloating, stomach cramps and, of course, lots o’ farting. —Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025

Wellness The garden flower can do a world of good for your gut. —Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 28 May 2025

Trump's 'beautiful' tax bill will do a lot of good. —Nicole Russell, USA Today, 8 May 2025

Numerous economists believe that convincing this group to relocate to the United States would do a lot of good for the country. —David Bier, Time, 30 Apr. 2025

Due to the 4 Nations Face-Off break, the extended time away seemed to do a lot of good for Vanecek, who looked as dialed in as he’s been all year with 10 saves in both the first and second periods and 12 more in the third. —Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025

This is where a healthy injection of Red Hat culture could do a world of good for the larger and more mature IBM teams. —Jason Andersen, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025

Fortunately, talking to your kids about their bodies—as well as diet culture and its harmful lies about food, eating habits, and body size—can do a world of good. —Ella Cerón, Parents, 1 Jan. 2025