English - Turkish
Definition of soft-soap in English Turkish dictionary
- (deyim) yağ çekmek
- arapsabunu
- arap sabunu
- pohpohlama
- yağcılık yapma
- {k} yağcılık, iltifat
- {k} (deyim) yagcilik, dalkavukluk
- softsoap
- ayartmak
- softsoap
- yağlamak
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English - English
Definition of soft-soap in English English dictionary
- 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