heart of gold
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plural hearts of gold
Definition of heart of gold
: a kind and generous disposition
A woman with a heart of gold gives us lodging for the night.— Rudyard Kipling … he had no-nonsense coaches with hearts of gold who taught him discipline …— Jack McCallum
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