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see Smooth as a baby’s bottom
Tender hearted dates from the late 16th century. See also Soft on.
A colloquialism for a weak or feeble-minded person dates from the mid-19th century.
To be soft on someone is to be lenient or fond of them and dates from The Middle Ages.
To soft soap someone is to cajole or flatter and is a British colloquialism that dates from the early 19th century. It derives from the allusion of so...
Soft spot can mean both a weakness and a source of affection, as in to attack a soft or weak spot or to have a soft spot for someone. Both usages are...
see Touch
Soixante-neuf is French for 69. The juxtaposition of these two numerals signifies sexual activity between two people who stimulate each other’s genita...
see Bought/sold a pup
see Sell down the river
To soldier on means to persevere steadfastly, like a good soldier is supposed to do, and dates from the 1950s.
see Greatness
This word has been in the language from the early 1500s and is borrowed from the Old French sombresault from sombre meaning over and sault meaning to...
This quotation from Shakespeare’s Hamlet Act I, Scene IV, is often used as a general metaphor for governmental or commercial corruption.
see Always something new out of Africa