do one good

1. Be of benefit to one, as in I'm sure some fresh air will do her good . [Late 1400s]

2. Also, do one's heart good . Please, gratify, give satisfaction. For example, It does my heart good to see the young couple so happy .

Example Sentences

Ferrera: When I started out I had this assumption that you do one good thing and then Scorsese, he’s knocking on your door, the directors are going to come.

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In a 2022 Cosmopolitan interview, Moon Bin was asked what he would do if he were an angel who could do one good thing.

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“These are the sights, Harriet, to do one good. How trifling they make every thing else appear!—I feel now as if I could think of nothing but these poor creatures all the rest of the day; and yet, who can say how soon it may all vanish from my mind?”

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“If you do one good thing, I will follow you for a long, long time,” he said.

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He had not yet learned that if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.

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