the milk of human kindness

noun phrase

literary

: kind feelings or behavior toward other people

He was filled with the milk of human kindness.

Examples of the milk of human kindness in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One is cynical and snarky, with a sour-to-the-point-of-curdled view of humanity, and the other has a heart full of sentiment, drunk to the point of passing out on the milk of human kindness. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026

Start practicing now, before the milk of human kindness begins to curdle in your breast. — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 14 Dec. 2025

Yet there’s always a childlike sense to both his anger and his neediness, having been denied the milk of human kindness by his maker. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for the milk of human kindness

• blindness
• unkindness