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soft as a grapesomeone who is limited in their abilityRate it:
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:

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