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to be all sweetness

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  • all sweetness and light — phrase if a person or situation is all sweetness and light, they are very pleasant, often in a way that seems false One minute she’s incredibly rude to me and the next she’s all sweetness and light. Thesaurus: polite in an unpleasant or insincere …   Useful english dictionary

  • all sweetness and light — if a person or situation is all sweetness and light, they are very pleasant, often in a way that seems false One minute she s incredibly rude to me and the next she s all sweetness and light …   English dictionary

  • be all sweetness — be all sweetness/charm/etc phrase used for saying that a person or situation shows a lot of a particular quality or type of behaviour Thesaurus: to behave in a particular waysynonym Main entry: all …   Useful english dictionary

  • be all sweetness and light — to be very pleasant and friendly, especially when other people are not expecting you to be. I was expecting her to be in a foul mood but she was all sweetness and light …   New idioms dictionary

  • Sweetness and light — is an English idiom that indicates a person’s friendliness and ease. Today, it is generally used ironically to describe insincere courtesy. For example: The two had been fighting for a month, but around others it was all sweetness and light.… …   Wikipedia

  • sweetness and light — noun a mild reasonableness when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light • Hypernyms: ↑affability, ↑affableness, ↑amiability, ↑amiableness, ↑bonhomie, ↑geniality * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • sweetness — noun 1 sweet smell/taste ADJECTIVE ▪ natural ▪ cloying (esp. BrE), sickly ▪ the sickly sweetness of incense … OF SWEETNESS ▪ hint …   Collocations dictionary

  • sweetness — sweet|ness [ˈswi:tnıs] n [U] 1.) how sweet something tastes or smells ▪ the sweetness of the wild rose 2.) how pleasant something is ▪ a smile of great sweetness 3.) be all sweetness and light a) to behave in a way that is very pleasant and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sweetness — sweet|ness [ switnəs ] noun uncount 1. ) the pleasant quality of someone or something: music of unbearable sweetness 2. ) the sweet smell or taste of something: the sweetness of coconut milk all sweetness and light if a person or situation is all …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sweetness and light — noun Date: 1869 1. a harmonious combination of beauty and enlightenment viewed as a hallmark of culture 2. a. amiable reasonableness of disposition < they were all sweetness and light > b. an untroubled or harmonious state or condition < but all… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sweetness — [[t]swi͟ːtnəs[/t]] 1) PHRASE: with brd neg, usu v link PHR If you say that a relationship or situation is not all sweetness and light, you mean that it is not as pleasant as it appears to be. It has not all been sweetness and light between him… …   English dictionary

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