Meaning: american bittersweet

n.
twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

sweet Idiom, Proverb

a sweet tooth

a need to eat candy, a craving for sugar After dinner we'll serve mints. Daddy has a sweet tooth, eh.

short and sweet

brief and pleasant His visit with his parents was short and sweet.

sweet on

in love with, very fond of He was sweet on his next door neighbor when he was a child.

sweet spot

(See the sweet spot)

sweet talk

praise or flatter someone to get what you want My sister tried to sweet talk our father into giving her the car but he said no.

sweet tooth

a need to eat candy, a craving for sweets A piece of dark chocolate will satisfy my sweet tooth. Yum!

sweeten the pot

add more good things, make it worth more If we sweeten the pot with a trip to Paris, we'll sell more tickets.

sweetheart deal

a deal made between friends so that both may make a big profit We were able to make a sweetheart deal with our landlord and got the rent greatly reduced.

sweetie pie

darling, sweetheart He always calls his wife sweetie pie. Even after they have been married for 30 years.

the sweet spot

the best spot to touch, the spot that feels good Keep rubbing. When you find my sweet spot, I'll purr like a kitten.

sweet

cool, dope, fresh

take the bitter with the sweet

Idiom(s): take the bitter with the sweet

Theme: ACCEPTANCE

to accept the bad things along with the good things.
• We all have disappointments. You have to learn to take the bitter with the sweet.
• There are good days and bad days, but every day you take the bitter with the sweet. That's life.

sweet-talk

Idiom(s): sweet-talk sb

Theme: PERSUASION

to talk convincingly to someone with much flattery. (Folksy.)
• I didn't want to help her, but she sweet-talked me into it.
• He sweet-talked her for a while, and she finally agreed to go to the dance with him.

sweet nothings

Idiom(s): sweet nothings

Theme: FONDNESS

affectionate but unimportant or meaningless words spoken to a loved one.
• Jack was whispering sweet nothings in Joan's ear when they were dancing.
• The two lovers sat in the cinema exchanging sweet nothings.

sweet and sour

Idiom(s): sweet and sour

Theme: TASTE

a combination of fruity sweet and sour, but not necessarily salty, flavors. (Typically referring to certain Chinese-American foods. Fixed order.)
• I prefer sweet and sour pork to anything else on the menu.
• Alice does not care for sweet and sour dishes, but she will usually eat whatever we serve her.

sweet and low

Idiom(s): sweet and low

Theme: PLEASING

pleasing and quiet. (Referring to music. Fixed order.)
• Play me something that is sweet and low.
• I like dance music that is sweet and low—not any of this rowdy, violent stuff.

have a sweet tooth

Idiom(s): have a sweet tooth

Theme: EATING

to desire to eat many sweet foods—especially candy and pastries.
• I have a sweet tooth, and if I don't watch it, I'll really get fat.
• John eats candy all the time. He must have a sweet tooth.

all sweetness and light

Idiom(s): all sweetness and light

Theme: INNOCENCE

very sweet, innocent, and helpful. (Perhaps insincerely so. Fixed order.)
• She was mad at first, but after a while, she was all sweetness and light.
• At the reception, the whole family was all sweetness and light, but they argued and fought after the guests left.

Revenge is sweet.

There is satisfaction in returning an injury.

Stolen fruit is the sweetest.

What is forbidden is the most tempting.

Home sweet home

This is said when one is pleased to be back at one's own home.

Revenge is sweet

When you are happy to be proved right, then you know that revenge is sweet.

Sweet as a gumdrop

This means that something or someone is very nice or pretty.

A rose with any other name would smell as sweet.

What a thing is called is unimportant compared to what it really is.

have a sweet tooth|have|sweet|sweet tooth|tooth

v. phr. To be excessively fond of dessert items, such as ice cream, pies, etc. Jill has a sweet tooth; she always orders apple pie after a meal in a restaurant.

short and sweet|short|sweet

adj. Brief and to the point. Henry's note to his father was short and sweet. He wrote, "Dear Dad, please send me $5. Love, Henry."

sweet on|sweet

adj. phr., informal In love with; very fond of. John is sweet on Alice.

sweet talk|sweet|talk

1. n., informal Too much praise; flattery. Sometimes a girl's better judgment is overcome by sweet talk. 2. v., informal To get what you want by great praise; flatter. Polly could sweet talk her husband into anything.

sweet tooth|sweet|tooth

n. phr. A great weakness or predilection for sweets. Sue has such a sweet tooth that she hardly eats anything else but cake.

sweetie pie|pie|sweetie

n., informal A person who is loved; darling; sweetheart. Arnold blushed with pleasure when Annie called him her sweetie pie. Nancy is Bill's sweetie pie.

sweet dreams

sweet dreams
Sleep well, as in Good night, children, sweet dreams. [c. 1900]

sweet on, be

sweet on, be
Enamored of, in love with, as in I think Barbara's sweet on Nick. This colloquial idiom was first recorded in 1740.

sweeten the kitty

sweeten the kitty
Also, sweeten the pot or deal. Make something financially more attractive, as in I am unable to give you the new title but I could sweeten the kitty a little by giving you a raise. This idiom comes from card games such as poker, where it means “add money to the pool,” and uses sweeten in the sense of “make more agreeable.” [Slang; c. 1900]

sweetness and light

sweetness and light
Ostentatious amiability and friendliness, as in One day she has a temper tantrum, the next day she's all sweetness and light. This phrase was coined by Jonathan Swift in his Battle of the Books (1704), where it referred literally to the products of bees: honey and light from beeswax candles. But in Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy (1869), the term meant “beauty and intelligence.” In the 20th century, however, it was applied to personal qualities of friendliness and courtesy and to the general pleasantness of a situation, as in Working with him isn't all sweetness and light, you know. Today it is generally used ironically, indicating lack of trust in a person's seeming friendliness or for a difficult situation.

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