| 单词 | to feed on soft corn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto feed (someone) on soft corn 2. U.S. colloquial. Persuasive flattery; ‘soft soap’, lies. Typically as part of an extended metaphor, esp. to feed (someone) on soft corn. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] fickling?c1225 flattering?c1225 oluhningc1225 glozec1290 glozing1297 losengery1303 blandishingc1305 blandingc1315 flatteryc1320 glotheringc1325 soothinga1400 honey word?1406 faginga1425 flatrisec1440 smekingc1440 blandishc1475 blandiment?1510 glavering1545 coggingc1555 good1563 milksop1577 court holy water1583 glavery1583 blandishment1591 lipsalve1591 court holy bread1592 flatter1593 colloguing1596 sooth1597 daub?1602 blandation1605 lullaby1611 court-water1616 butter1618 blandiloquy1623 oil1645 court-element1649 courtshipment1649 courtship1655 blandiloquence1656 court-creama1657 daubing1656 fleecha1700 Spanish money1699 cajole1719 whiting1721 palaver1733 butter boat1747 flummery1749 treacle1771 Spanish coin1785 blancmange1790 blarney1796 soft corn1814 whillywha1816 carney1818 buttering up1819 soft soap1821 flam1825 slaver1825 soft solder1836 soothing syrup1839 soft-soaping1840 plámás1853 sawder1854 soap1854 salve1859 taffy1878 plámásing1897 flannel1927 smarm1937 flannelling1945 sweet talk1945 schmear1950 smarming1950 1814 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 15 Dec. We remonstrated with them, we temporized, we fed them with soft corn. 1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. I. 98 He's feeding me on soft corn, thought I. 1874 in M. F. M. Armstrong & H. W. Ludlow Hampton & its Students 79 They treated us very well for the first three or four years—as the saying was with the black people, they fed us on soft corn at first and then choked us with the husk. 1948 Antioch Rev. Autumn 161 He was all soft corn.., but you couldn't be sure, not with a man like Malcolm. < as lemmas |
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