heart of gold

A very kind and good nature, as in Bill is very generous; he has a heart of gold. This expression alludes to gold in the sense of “something valued for its goodness.” [Late 1500s]

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And all the best qualities you could ask for in somebody — super giving, had a heart of gold and just tough as nails.

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Like I said, he had a heart of gold, man.

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It was that he had all the best qualities you’d want in somebody; his heart of gold, and then you couple that with him just being hard as nails and tough, no quit ever.

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So, yeah, he had a heart of gold.

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"The people here are absolutely brilliant, they're such lovely people and all of them have a heart of gold to do what they do."