soft-soap

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English - Turkish
(deyim) yağ çekmek
arapsabunu
arap sabunu
pohpohlama
yağcılık yapma
{k} yağcılık, iltifat
{k} (deyim) yagcilik, dalkavukluk
softsoap
ayartmak
softsoap
yağlamak
English - English
To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words
Persuasion by means of flattery or pleasing words
If you soft-soap someone, you flatter them or tell them what you think they want to hear in order to try and persuade them to do something. The government is not soft-soaping the voters here. to say nice things to someone in order to persuade them to do something
use flattering talk on somebody persuade someone through flattery
liquid soap; hypocrisy; flatter
a soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils; used in certain skin diseases
soft-soap
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