kindness
101(the) milk of human kindness — literary being good and kind to other people. She s one of those amazing people who s just overflowing with the milk of human kindness …
102the milk of human kindness — mainly literary kindness towards other people. The expression comes from Shakespeare s play Macbeth …
103loving-kindness — lov′ing kind′ness n. tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection • Etymology: 1525–35 …
104loving-kindness — /ˌlʌvɪŋ ˈkaɪndnəs/ (say .luving kuyndnuhs) noun kindness arising from love (used primarily of the Deity) …
105with a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair — Of Iranian origin; a variant is ‘..drag a snake..’. 2001 Seattle Times 31 Mar. All With a sweet tongue and kindness you can drag an elephant by a hair. Persian proverb. 2006 Times 4 Sept. 20 Another local maxim appears to capture the outside… …
106kill with kindness — ► kill with kindness spoil (someone) with overindulgence. Main Entry: ↑kill …
107milk of human kindness — ► milk of human kindness care and compassion for others. [ORIGIN: from Shakespeare s Macbeth.] Main Entry: ↑milk …
108kill somebody with kindness — ˌkill sb/sth with ˈkindness idiom to be so kind to sb/sth that you in fact harm them Main entry: ↑killidiom …
109kill something with kindness — ˌkill sb/sth with ˈkindness idiom to be so kind to sb/sth that you in fact harm them Main entry: ↑killidiom …
110loving-kindness — noun Date: 1535 tender and benevolent affection …