(as) sweet as honey

(as) sweet as honey
   1) "cлaдкий кaк мёд", вкуcный, нeжный
    He had succumbed without struggle to the temptation of loin of pork. Sweet as honey it had been, too, he reflected happily (A Maltz)
   2) cлaдocтный; пpeлecтный, oчeнь нeжный, чудecный
    He smiled at me. Have you ever noticed what a wonderful smile he's got? It's as sweet as honey (W. S. Maugham)
   3) ирон. льcтивый, нeиcкpeнний; cлaщaвый, eлeйный, мeдoтoчивый; мёд-мeдoвич
    'Now you are here, let me show you everything,' she said, her voice ingratiating and sweet as honey, horribly false (D. du Maurier)

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  • Honey-sweet — Hon ey sweet , a. Sweet as honey. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • honey-sweet — sweet like honey …   English contemporary dictionary

  • honey — n. (pl. eys) 1 a sweet sticky yellowish fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers. 2 the colour of this. 3 a sweetness. b a sweet thing. 4 a person or thing excellent of its kind. 5 esp. US (usu. as a form of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • honey-sweet — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: Middle English hony sweete, from Old English hunigswēte, from hunig honey + swēte sweet : sweet with or as if with honey honey sweet blossoms honey sweet voice …   Useful english dictionary

  • sweet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sugary (see sweetness); pleasing; amiable; dear, precious; fragrant, sweet smelling. Ant., sour, unpleasant, foul smelling. n. candy, bonbon, dessert, etc. See pleasure, courtesy, dearness, odor. II …   English dictionary for students

  • honey — n. 1) to gather honey 2) (misc.) as sweet as honey * * * [ hʌnɪ] (misc.) as sweet as honey to gather honey …   Combinatory dictionary

  • honey — hon·ey || hÊŒnɪ n. sweet sticky substance produced by honeybees; darling, sweetheart (term of endearment) v. flatter; sweeten with honey adj. of honey, resembling honey; sweet; containing honey …   English contemporary dictionary

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