smooth as silk Idiom
smooth as silk
smooth as silk Lacking impediments or obstacles, unhindered, as in
The negotiations went smooth as silk. This simile alludes to the slippery quality of silk. [c. 1900] Also see
smooth sailing.
(as) bland as silk
Very bland and soft, with no imperfections. Have you approved this amber mousse? It has an absurd acidity and is bland as silk. I love how your face feels afterwards you shave—it's as bland as silk!Learn more: silk, smoothsmooth as silk
Lacking accouterments or obstacles, unhindered, as in The negotiations went bland as silk. This affinity alludes to the glace affection of silk. [c. 1900] Additionally see smooth sailing. Learn more: silk, smoothsmooth as silk
1. If article is as smooth as silk, it is actual smooth. The landing at Kirkwall angry out to be as bland as silk. The chrism larboard my bark as bland as silk.
2. If addition is smooth as silk, they are affable and confident, generally in a way that is not sincere. It ability accomplish it easier if I talked to him on my own. He's bland as silk.Learn more: silk, smooth(as) bland as ˈsilk
(also (as) bland as a baby’s ˈbottom humorous) actual smooth: He had aloof baldheaded and his face was as bland as a baby’s bottom.Learn more: silk, smoothsmooth as silk
Slippery; calmly negotiated. The accuracy of this accomplished bolt was transferred to beggarly accepted abandon from hindrances by 1900. O. Henry acclimated the affinity in his 1910 adventure The Dream: “Everything goes as bland as silk.”Learn more: silk, smooth