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soft heartedBe kind; Fall for someoneRate it:
soft mickAn extravagant person.Rate it:
soft optioneasy alternativeRate it:
soft sawdersoft sawderRate it:
soft sawderCajoling or flattery.Rate it:
soft shoeA kind of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes, popular in vaudeville.Rate it:
soft shoeA speech, explanation, sales pitch, or other set of remarks delivered in a restrained or conciliatory manner in order to persuade, distract, or otherwise influence someone.Rate it:
Soft SoapTo gently or politely urge someone to do something, to persuade someone with sweet-talking or butteringRate it:
soft spotA fontanelle.Rate it:
soft spotA point of vulnerability in a defence.Rate it:
soft spotA sentimental fondness or affection.Rate it:
soft touchA comfortable situation; an easy task or undemanding occupation, especially one which is comfortably remunerative.Rate it:
soft touchA person or group which is sympathetic, accommodating, easily overcome, or easily persuaded, especially one which loans or readily gives money to another.Rate it:
soft underbellyA weak spot; a soft spot.Rate it:
soften the groundTo prepare or create favorable conditions, especially with the intent of improving public acceptance of the forthcoming occurrence.Rate it:
soften upTo make softer.Rate it:
soften upTo appease someone in order to make them more receptive to an idea or proposal.Rate it:
softly softlyDiscreet, low-key, careful.Rate it:
softly, softly caught the monkeyAlternative form of softly, softly, catchee monkeyRate it:
softly, softly, catchee monkeyProceed cautiously or gently to achieve an objective.Rate it:
softly, softly, catchee monkeyCapture a target without startling it to run away.Rate it:
softroader. This involves increased ground clearance with tyre, wheel, and suspension tweaks, skid plates and refers to mini SUV or wagons.Rate it:
soi-disantfrenchRate it:
soldier onTo continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty.Rate it:
solid as a rockExtremely thick and heavy, so as to make it impossible to move.Rate it:
solid as a rockVery reliable and dependableRate it:
solo runA run made while soloing the football.Rate it:
solo runAction taken without consultation of colleagues or approval of superiorsRate it:
solongasusalickemysalamiPunch line from a jokeRate it:
some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets youOne cannot always overcome a powerful adversary.Rate it:
some kind ofUsed other than as an idiom: see some, kind, of.Rate it:
some kind ofA remarkable.Rate it:
some kind ofUsed as an intensifier of adjectives: remarkablyRate it:
some mothers do have themA colloquial and mildly pejorative reaction to a clumsy or foolish action.Rate it:
some oldUsed other than as an idiom: see some, old.Rate it:
some oldSome, some unspecified or yet-undetermined one (especially for emphasis).Rate it:
some peopleExpresses disgust at the actions of a person; a response to a person doing something silly, bizarre, nonsensical or ill-mannered.Rate it:
some people have all the luckSuggests that someone is enjoying more success than they deserve.Rate it:
some rights reservedThe owner, or other copyright holder, of a work simultaneously reserves a number of copyright-related rights and waives a number of other copyright-related rights.Rate it:
someone's jaw droppedsomebody was very surprised; often followed by "to the floor"Rate it:
someone's elevator doesn't go all the way to the topUsed as an indirect way to say that someone is mentally deficient.Rate it:
someone's elevator doesn't go all the way to the topUsed as an indirect way to say that someone is crazy.Rate it:
something awfulIntensely or extremely; badly; in the worst way.Rate it:
something is rotten in the state of DenmarkSomething is not right, seriously amiss, especially when leading to suspicion of motive.Rate it:
something likeapproximatelyRate it:
something may fall in your lapUnexpectedly your desires may be fulfilled.Rate it:
something tells oneOne has a feeling, hunch or a gut feeling that.Rate it:
something toSome importance to.Rate it:
something's fishy in denmarkA shortened version of the expression, "There's something rotten in the state of Denmark"; the speaker is suspicious that there is or appears to be something wrong, amiss, illegal or dishonestRate it:
sometimes the solution to the problem is the problem itself but points to other.Sometimes in life we wonder why this things happen and while wondering we are trying so hard to find the solution to what happened but infact it should be happened to make us strong, but some we need friends, or elder to show us the solution..Rate it:

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