soft soap

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soft soap

1. A fluid or semifluid soap.

2. Informal Flattery; cajolery.

soft soap

1. (Medicine) Med another name for green soap

2. Informal flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk

vb soft-soap

Informal to use such talk on (a person)

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Noun	1.	soft soap - flattery designed to gain favor blarney, coaxing, sweet talk flattery - excessive or insincere praise
	2.	soft soap - a soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils; used in certain skin diseases green soap soap - a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats

Translations

soft soap n (fam) → saponata, lusinghe fpl

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"I've heard of phebe-birds; but I don't believe the real ones could do that," laughed Rose, adding, as she watched with interest the scattering of dabs of soft soap over the bricks, "May I stay and see you work?

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Pickwick had plunged his head and shoulders into a tub of water, upset a keg of soft soap upon his manly form, and torn his garments badly.

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I will get soft soap, and monkey soap, and all sorts of soap; and soda and scrubbing brushes; and persian powder; and carbolic to remove the smell.

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