heart of gold
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Generous nature.
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
The one where all the male characters are foulmouthed and lecherous with only one thing on their minds, and the females are all patient, suffering, submissive angels with hearts of gold.
But the heart - of - gold whore and the con man are sentimentally conceived.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).
Common questions
What does “heart of gold” mean?
Generous nature.
Is “heart of gold” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.