have your heart in the right place书面意思是“心在正确的地方”，实际上它常用来描述一个心地善良的人出于好意去帮助别人，但可能因为帮了倒忙而使他人不高兴或不领情，即好心好意，心地善良，心怀好意。

【例句】
Come on, you know John has his heart in the right place. He just made a mistake.
算了吧，你知道约翰是出于好意。他只是犯了个错误而已。

My mum always tidies up my house when she comes to visit. I know her heart is in the right place but I really don’t like it when she takes over my life like that. She even dusts the plants!
我妈妈每次来访都会收拾我的房子。我知道她好心好意，但我真的不喜欢她那样接管我的生活。她甚至给植物除尘！