do one's heart good, to
do someone's heart good
Fig. to make someone feel good emotionally. It does my heart good to hear you two are back together. When she sent me a get-well card, it really did my heart good.
See also: good, heart
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
do (one's) heart good
To lift one's spirits; make one happy.
See also: good, heart
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
do one's heart good, to
To cheer or be cheered up, to make someone feel good, to gratify. A cliché since the nineteenth century, it was known in the sixteenth century, and appeared in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1.2): “I will roare that I will doe any man’s heart good to heare me.” See also warm the cockles of one's heart.
See also: heart
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- do (one) a/the world of good
- expecations
- expectation
- come up to (one's) expectations
- come up to expectations
- (it's) good to have you (here)
- do no good
- for good measure
- be as good as new
- as good as it gets