Phrase: A ministering angel shall my sister be Explanation: a ministering angel is a kind-hearted person, providing help and comfort; ангел-хранител Origin: From Shakespeare's Hamlet, 1602: Original text: LAERTES: Lay her i' the earth: And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest, A ministering angel shall my sister be, When thou liest howling.