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have one's heart in the right place

To have good intentions.
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My brother doesn't always do the right thing, but he has his heart in the right place.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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have one's head readhave one's hand outhave one's head in the cloudshave one's eye onhave one's momentshave one's heart set onhave one's ducks in a rowhave other fish to fryhave one's back uphave one's way withhave one's hand in the tillhave one's fingers in many pieshave one's wits about onehave one's head up one's ass

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