potash-soap /'pɔtæʃ'soup/not know (someone) from a bar of soap Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
Get on your soapbox
If someone on their soapbox, they hold forth (talk a lot) about a subject they feel strongly about.On your soapbox
If someone is up on their soapbox about something, they are very overtly and verbally passionate about the topic.Soft soap someone
If you soft soap someone, you flatter them.no deal|deal|dice|go|no dice|no go|no sale|no soap
slang Not agreed to; refused or useless; without success or result; no; certainly not.
Used in the predicate or to refuse something. Billy wanted to let Bob join the team, but I said that it was no deal because Bob was too young. "Let me have a dollar." "No dice!" answered Joe. I tried to get Mary on the telephone but it was no go. "Let's go to the beach tomorrow." "No sale, I have my music lesson tomorrow." I asked Dad for a new bicycle but it was no soap. Compare: NOTHING DOING, NO USE.
soap opera|opera|soap
n. phr. Radio or television serialized stories of a sentimental nature, often involving sex, crime, and social intrigue. These shows often advertise soap products, hence their name. The two longest running soap operas in the United States were "Dallas" and "Knot's Landing."no soap
no soapsee under no dice.
on one's soapbox
on one's soapboxExpressing one's views passionately or self-importantly, as in Dexter can't resist getting on his soapbox about school expenditures. This expression comes from the literal use of a soapbox as an improvised platform for a speaker, usually outdoors. [Mid-1600s]
soap
soapIn addition to the idiom beginning with soap, also see no dice; on one's soapbox; soft soap.
soap opera
soap opera1) A radio or television serial with stock characters in domestic dramas that are noted for being sentimental and melodramatic. For example, She just watches soap operas all day long. This term originated in the mid-1930s and was so called because the sponsors of the earliest such radio shows were often soap manufacturers.
2) Real-life situation resembling one that might occur in a soap opera, as in She just goes on and on about her various medical and family problems, one long soap opera. [1940s]
soapbox
soapboxon (one's) soapbox
Speaking one's views passionately or self-importantly.
not apperceive (someone) from a bar of soap
To be absolutely blind of or apperceive annihilation about someone; to accept never met the being indicated. My adherent got absolutely aflame back a cine brilliant allegedly absolved accomplished us, but I wouldn't apperceive him from a bar of soap. Someone I wouldn't apperceive from a bar of soap aloof contacted me online, claiming to be a abroad relative.Learn more: bar, know, not, of, soap
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