Смысл: kindness

kindness[ʹkaındnıs]
n
<Í> 1. доброта; сердечность; любезность; благожелательность
kindness of heart - душевная доброта, сердечность
to do smth. out of kindness - сделать что-л. по доброте сердечной /душевной/
2. любезность, одолжение; услуга
personal [great] kindness - личное [большое] одолжение
to show /to do/ smb. a kindness - оказывать кому-л. любезность /услугу/; сделать кому-л. одолжение
do me the kindness to shut up - будьте добры, помолчите
I received many kindnesses from him - он не раз оказывал мне любезность /услуги/; он сделал мне немало добра
3. редк. любовь, привязанность; нежное чувство
to have a kindness for smb. - питать нежные чувства к кому-л.

kindness Идиома

milk of human kindness

Idiom(s): milk of human kindness

Theme: KINDNESS

natural kindness and sympathy shown to others. (From Shakespeare's play Macbeth, I. v.)
• Mary is completely hard and selfish—she has no milk of human kindness in her.
• Roger is too full of the milk of human kindness and people take advantage of him.

Kindness begets kindness.

If you are kind to people, they will be kind to you.

kill with kindness

kill with kindness
Overwhelm or harm someone with mistaken or excessive benevolence. For example, Aunt Mary constantly sends Jane chocolates and cake and other goodies, even though she's been told Jane's on a diet—nothing like killing with kindness. This expression originated as kill with kindness as fond apes do their young (presumably crushing them to death in a hug) and was a proverb by the mid-1500s.

kindness

kindness
see kill with kindness; milk of human kindness, the.

milk of human kindness, the

milk of human kindness, the
Compassion, sympathy, as in There's no milk of human kindness in that girl—she's totally selfish. This expression was invented by Shakespeare in Macbeth (1:5), where Lady Macbeth complains that her husband “is too full of the milk of human kindness” to kill his rivals.

More Idioms/Phrases

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