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soft soap
noun
1.
Informal. persuasive talk; flattery: to use soft soap to get one's way.
2.
the semifluid soap produced when potassium hydroxide is used in the saponification of a fat or an oil.
Origin:
1625–35
1625–35
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World English Dictionary
| soft soap | |
| —n | |
| 1. | med another name for green soap |
| 2. | informal flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk |
| —vb | |
| 3. | informal to use such talk on (a person) |
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
soft soap definition
Flattery: “Mary asked the boss to stop giving her a lot of soft soap about her performance and to start leveling with her like any other employee.”
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
soft soap
Flattery, cajolery, as in She's only six but she's learned how to get her way with soft soap. This colloquial expression alludes to liquid soap, likening its slippery quality to insincere flattery. Its figurative use was first recorded in 1830.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
They found that the bridge planking had been removed and the remaining two sleepers greased with soft soap and tallow.
Some of us can remember when soft soap was made on farms as it was in pioneer and colonial times.
There was about a wagonload ot soft soap at that point, and it was not there by accident.
Masks should be washed daily in warm water with soft soap and left to air dry.
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