Hero or heel

[Olympian]

Hello,

what is the meaning of "hero or heel"?

I forgot the exact sentence, but it was in an article about the Nov 26 massacre in Bombay. I looked up "heel" in the dictionary, but I could not see any meaning that would fit in "hero or heel".

Thank you.

[Barb_D]

A good guy or a bad guy.
Someone who does good things for other people or someone who does good things only for himself at the expense of other people.

[Olympian]

Thank you Barb_D.

[Olympian]

I heard this word (heel) again today in the movie Fletch

Woman: You are not hitting on me are you?
Chevy: I am such a heel.

What does it mean in this context?

Thank you.

[Anglika]

I am a low-down character who cannot be trusted.

[pyoung]

I heard this word (heel) again today in the movie Fletch

Woman: You are not hitting on me are you?
Chevy: I am such a heel.

What does it mean in this context?

Thank you.

The answers from the other posters are exactly right.
I think the expression comes from the 'heel' of a shoe. In other words, a 'heel' is a low, dirty person just as the heel of a shoe is the lowest and dirtiest part of a person's clothing. For some reason, this expression is applied almost exclusively to men, and usually men who are disloyal or deceitful towards women.

Petra