Softly-softly
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Is the use of "softly-softly" natural English in these sentences? Any other suggestions?
That child is difficult. Teachers need to use a softly-softly method to make him listen to them.
The police adopted a softly-softly approach to elicit information out of her.
Thanks,
Tom
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Hi Yes, its a good idiom - both your sentences are good. It means that some problems can only be solved by approaching them in a quiet and patient way The origin of the phrase is interesting - I believe it comes from West Africa Dave
- Hi Yes, its a good idiom - both your sentences are good.
- It means that some problems can only be solved by approaching them in a quiet and patient way The origin of the phrase is interesting - I believe it comes from West Africa Dave
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Hi
Yes, its a good idiom - both your sentences are good. It means that some problems can only be solved by approaching them in a quiet and patient way
The origin of the phrase is interesting - I believe it comes from West Africa
Dave
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