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honey-mouthed, mealy, mealy-mouthed, mellifluent, silver-tongued* * *honey-mouthed, mealy, mealy-mouthed, mellifluent* * *gold-mouthedmealymealy-mouthedsmoothtonguedsoft-spoken -
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1) General subject: gold mouthed, gold-mouthed, honey mouthed, honey tongued, honey-mouthed, mealy, mealy mouthed, mealy-mouthed, mellifluous, silver tongued, silver-tongued, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, soft-spoken, sweet mouthed2) Ironical: sweet-mouthed3) Makarov: honey-tongued -
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1) General subject: adulatory, bland, candied, courtly, fawning, flattering, fulsome, fulsome apologies, fulsome excuse, honey mouthed, honey tongued, honey-mouthed, honeyed, honied, ingratiating, mealy, mealy-mouthed, oily, saponaceous, servile, silken, smooth, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, smoothfaced, soapy, sugary, supple, sycophantic, toad-eating, unctuously suave, well oiled, well-oiled, wheedling, soft-soapy3) Jargon: rave4) Makarov: honey-tongued5) Taboo: kiss-ass -
4 боящийся высказаться прямо
General subject: mealy mouthed, mealy-mouthedУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > боящийся высказаться прямо
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6 неискренний
insincere имя прилагательное:insincere (неискренний, лицемерный)backhanded (двусмысленный, обратный, неискренний, нанесенный тыльной стороной руки, косой, с уклоном влево) -
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1) General subject: broadly, candidly, confessedly, frankly, in all honesty (Напр.: I got to tell you, in all honesty, this is the best summary of a breakfast meeting I've ever read.), in plain English, in so many words, mealy-mouthed, on the level, open heartedly, open-heartedly, openly, outspeak, outspokenly, plain, roundly, straight from the shoulder, straightforwardly, straightly, without reserve, unreservedly, (specifically analytical, specifically sad) specifically, blatantly, notoriously2) Jargon: up front -
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sickly sweet, saccharine; luscious (тж. перен.) -
9 сладкоречивый
уст.smooth-tongued, smooth-spoken; (льстивый, лицемерный) mealy-mouthed -
10 приторный
1) ( слишком сладкий) sickly sweet, saccharine [-riːn]2) ( слащавый) luscious ['lʌʃəs]; saccharineпри́торный челове́к — mealy-mouthed person
при́торная улы́бка — sugary smile
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11 сладкоречивый
книжн.smooth-tongued, smooth-spoken; (льстивый, лицемерный) mealy-mouthed -
12 класть на лопатки
класть на < обе> лопатки ( кого), сов. в. - положить (уложить) на < обе> лопатки ( кого)разг.pin smb. down (to the floor); get the other down; have got smb. beat (whipped); lick smb.; knock smb. into a cocked hat; have smb. flooredДа, крыть было нечем. Положили нас куркули на обе лопатки. (А. Макаренко, Педагогическая поэма) — I had no reply to this. Yes, there was no way out. The kulaks had us floored.
- Есть возможность всех этих горе-теоретиков положить на лопатки. А попутно показать, на что способны сталевары нашего завода. (В. Попов, Обретёшь в бою) — 'It is within out power to knock these mealy-mouthed theoreticians into a cocked hat, and at the same time to show what our Primorsk steelmakers can do.'
Солнце светило, и шумел дождь, косо падавший из чёрной тучи. Свет и тьма как бы боролись - кто кого положит на лопатки. (О. Смирнов, Гладышев из разведроты) — The sun came out although the rain was still rustling on the leaves, falling slantwise from a black cloud. It was as though light and darkness were wrestling, each trying to get the other down.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > класть на лопатки
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13 сахар медович
разг., ирон.sweet as honey (sugar, molasses); mealy-mouthed; smooth-tongued ( of a person)
См. также в других словарях:
Mealy-mouthed — Meal y mouthed , a. Using soft words; not straightforward; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; speaking deviously; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. Opposite of {frank} or {blunt}. Mealy mouthed philanthropies.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mealy-mouthed — adj not brave enough or honest enough to say clearly and directly what you really think used in order to show disapproval ▪ Most people felt Mr Major fought a pretty mealy mouthed campaign in which radical ideas were either dropped or blunted … Dictionary of contemporary English
mealy-mouthed — A mealy mouthed person doesn t say what they mean clearly … The small dictionary of idiomes
mealy-mouthed — afraid to say what one really thinks, 1570s; first element perhaps from O.E. milisc sweet, from P.Gmc. *meduz honey (see MEAD (Cf. mead) (n.1)), which suits the sense, but if the Old English word did not survive long enough to be the source of… … Etymology dictionary
mealy-mouthed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ reluctant to speak frankly. ORIGIN perhaps from German Mehl im Maule behalten carry meal in the mouth (i.e. be unstraightforward in speech), or related to Latin mel honey … English terms dictionary
mealy-mouthed — [mēl′ēmouthd′, mēl′ēmoutht′] adj. not outspoken or blunt; not willing to state the facts in simple, direct words; euphemistic and insincere … English World dictionary
mealy-mouthed — [[t]mi͟ːlima͟ʊðd[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is being mealy mouthed, you are critical of them for being unwilling to speak in a simple or open way because they want to avoid talking directly about something unpleasant.… … English dictionary
mealy-mouthed — meal|y mouthed [ ,mili mauðd, ,mili mauθt ] adjective not willing to express yourself in a simple and direct way, usually in order to hide the truth: Spokesmen have been mealy mouthed in defense of the president … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mealy-mouthed — adjective prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright , The surliness with which the woodchopper speaks of his woods, handling them as indifferently as his axe, is better than the mealy mouthed enthusiasm of the… … Wiktionary
mealy-mouthed — A mealy mouthed person doesn t say what they mean clearly. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
mealy-mouthed — not brave enough to say what you mean directly and honestly. Strangely enough, although we are getting more mealy mouthed about mental and physical disabilities, we are increasingly frank about bodily functions … New idioms dictionary