| 单词 | mealy-mouthed |
| 例句 | “Doesn’t involve destruction? That’s like me asking you not to be a mealy-mouthed poltroon.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There’s no doubting the musical cred she brings to the panel, but last night she was the new panelist most clearly in the mealy-mouthed Tyler/J-Lo mode, with all the evasive generalities and stalling tactics. Idol Watch: The New Judges, Judged 2013-02-21T18:20:26Z Mr. Cole is a worrier, prone to self-evisceration, and Wale is mealy-mouthed and dull. Pop: J. Cole, Wale and Mac Miller Return With New Albums 2013-06-26T14:00:01Z To attack Star Wars somehow seems mealy-mouthed, even for Russian uber-trolls. After Russian trolls tarnished The Last Jedi, is it safe to like Star Wars again? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z I fully experienced its ingratiating narrative and mealy-mouthed ethics. Even Margo Jefferson Sometimes Gets Sucked Into a Bad Thriller 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Instead, a mealy-mouthed statement about how it "regularly" loaned Lowrys to exhibitions "in the regions". LS Lowry: the people's artist comes in from the cold 2013-06-08T23:05:10Z On Monday’s “Daily Show,” Louis C. K. tried to bridge the gap: he suggested that men listen more, though he was unusually mealy-mouthed expressing the comedian’s point of view. Critic’s Notebook: When the Comic and the Heckler Both Take Offense 2012-07-17T22:36:45Z The corporations's initial "pitiful" apology was "mealy-mouthed" he says, adding that the comments made on Top Gear are important because the programme has such a high international profile. Steve Coogan attacks Top Gear's 'ignorant' stars 2011-02-05T21:32:50Z “It just kind of annoyed me the way he was this mealy-mouthed character in the movie, because that’s not him at all.” The Toughest ‘Barbie’ Critics Are Barbie Collectors 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Ms Helm also criticises the evasive and “mealy-mouthed” response to questions put to Siemens, which operated a factory at the camp producing electrical parts for fighter planes. Killing field 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z And in a gratifying scene for anyone who has ever had to deal with a mealy-mouthed sycophant at work, the episode ends with Karen’s being shown the door. 'Veep' Recap: The Former Veep Has Veep Problems 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z “Lurkin,” a collaboration with the mealy-mouthed menace Plies, is alarmingly dark, as is “U Ain’t Bout That Life,” a winning collaboration with the Houston veteran Slim Thug and the intense Atlanta upstart Alley Boy. Pop: Raw Rap: Waka Flocka Flame and Chief Keef 2012-06-10T04:23:03Z Wednesday’s remarkable episode, “Hope,” pulled off both about as well as you could imagine: It was funny but heartbreaking, nuanced but not mealy-mouthed, blunt but not despairing. With Police Brutality Episode, ‘black-ish’ Shows How Sitcoms Can Still Matter 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Of the three episodes to air this year, two began with mealy-mouthed semi-apologetic explanations of plot holes from the previous episode. Sherlock: how the TV phenomenon became an annoying self-parody 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z “Blonde” doesn’t announce itself as fiction right off, though it carries the usual mealy-mouthed disclaimer in the credits. ‘Blonde’ Review: Exploiting Marilyn Monroe for Old Times’ Sake 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Naturally, white nationalists from David Duke to Richard Spencer applauded King’s statement, while Republican leaders offered mealy-mouthed denouncements or said nothing at all. WATCH: Samantha Bee has only one question after Steve King’s latest scandal 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z There are even more “most underrated” if you qualified it with “probably,” the quintessential mealy-mouthed touch. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Take me out to the Old. Word. Game. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Atwater’s mealy-mouthed statements get tiresome as it becomes clear there will be no real accountability and around the halfway mark, I began to yearn for a character willing to burn it all down. Welcome to Boarding School. Are You Safe Here? Good Question. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Questioning whether this forward step is happening for the right reasons is the mealy-mouthed cousin of “It’s not the right time.” It’s about time: The coming of a female Doctor Who is even more consequential than you thought 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z In one mealy-mouthed section, full of euphemisms and hedges, he excuses waterboarding because the "enhanced interrogation technique" was "very likely" to produce valuable information. Justice and the Enemy by William Shawcross ? review 2012-02-10T11:00:01Z After getting an account stolen out from under her by a mealy-mouthed colleague, she lights out on her own. ‘A Perfect Pairing’ Review: Going Down Under for Wine and Romance 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z This is not meant to be critical; it just so happens that some people are Sherlocks, and others are Watsons — knuckleheaded, mealy-mouthed, jowly, boring sidekicks. Perspective | A lesson in journalism: Sometimes you’re Sherlock, sometimes you’re Watson 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z I thought I was being mealy-mouthed, but O’Sullivan says it was a good instinct. Lonnae O’Neal: The (painful) birth of a basketball dad 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Stewart did away with the mealy-mouthed approach to political comedy. Jon Stewart, Seamlessly Mixing Analysis, Politics and Humor 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Durbin was even forced into a mealy-mouthed statement about how it "falls short." "Like erecting a dam with a chain link fence": Supreme Court refuses to get why people hate them 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Mr Farage branded the review a "whitewash" and accused Travers Smith, the law firm conducting it, of taking "mealy-mouthed" approach to the investigation. Ex-NatWest boss loses out on £7.6m payout after Farage row 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z He accused the law firm Travers Smith, which conducted the investigation, of having taken a "mealy-mouthed approach to this complex issue". NatWest admits serious failings over how it treated Nigel Farage 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z "We also need to be more robust and less mealy-mouthed about 'politicisation'". Tory peer Lord Maude calls for more robust culture in Whitehall 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z The result is a mealy-mouthed mess, with markets swinging wildly on relatively incremental wording changes in public statements from senior officials. Opinion | Are all bank deposits insured? The feds must get their story straight. 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z When it was first published in 2021, the Integrated Review described China as a "systemic competitor" - a term some in Sunak's party said was mealy-mouthed. Russia and China threaten to create global 'danger and disorder', says UK's Sunak 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z I’m wondering how the majority of Americans can see clearly where things stand when news sources employ mealy-mouthed euphemisms instead of the right word: fascism. Opinion: He said 'transgenderism must be eradicated.' Here's what he meant 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Still, what's most remarkable is not that they'll disagree with Carlson, but how mealy-mouthed most of them are about it, especially since they were all there and in very real danger that day. Everyone knows Tucker Carlson lies about Jan. 6 — what matters is the GOP now blesses his narrative 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Wording intended to be honest and gentle can come across as quite the opposite — contrived, say, or mealy-mouthed — to a reader. Advice | Carolyn Hax: One friend attempted truth-telling. The other ‘blew up.’ 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Booting up the game, you get treated to a mealy-mouthed disclaimer that everything about this rendering of Bolivia is fictitious. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands is silly, throwback multiplayer fun 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Biden's mealy-mouthed response to that move was a subtler type of brinkmanship. Nancy Pelosi's reckless trip to Taiwan: A decision that could get us all killed 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Labour said his "mealy-mouthed statement" raised more questions. Boris Johnson says meeting with ex-KGB agent Alexander Lebedev was social event 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Citigroup, for example, issued a mealy-mouthed statement in April on its position, saying it was only about ensuring all employees received equal benefits. Opinion | Abortion rights should be law, not a corporate perk 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z “As a starting point,” he added, “Democrats should drop the mealy-mouthed formulation, ‘Nobody supports the Second Amendment more than I do, but still. A Supreme Court justice’s solution to gun violence: Repeal Second Amendment 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z That mealy-mouthed comment was worthy of Rep. Kevin McCarthy at his most unctuous. 2022 GOP primaries prove that MAGA is now bigger than Donald Trump 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The reason Bezos’ tweets seem so mealy-mouthed, even bizarre, is that he’s trying desperately to be taken seriously on a platform that doesn’t reward being taken seriously. Jeff Bezos is not a poster 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z In heated exchanges after Mr Johnson's statement, Sir Keir called the PM's apology "mealy-mouthed" and said he had eroded public trust in politicians. Boris Johnson denies deliberately misleading MPs over parties 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z There is no neutral perspective here as Ovechkin’s mealy-mouthed explanation suggested. Perspective | Alex Ovechkin’s voice is powerful. His comments on Ukraine were a missed opportunity. 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Mr Khan said apologies offered by Mr Bailey were "mealy-mouthed" and were made "because he was caught out". London mayor calls on Shaun Bailey to resign all his positions 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z He clearly wants the insurrection celebrated as a triumphant strike in his war against democracy, not this mealy-mouthed "violence is bad" talk. The 2022 midterms will be all about Jan. 6: Democrats can win if they fight Trump's Big Lie 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z His hollow apologies and empty promises to improve processes were the worst kind of mealy-mouthed bureaucratese. Opinion | The FBI’s dereliction of duty 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z James Carville says “mealy-mouthed” Democrats are doing President Biden a disservice by refusing to defend his handling of the fall of Afghanistan. Carville rips ‘hysterical’ Afghanistan coverage, ‘mealy-mouthed’ Democrats mum on Biden 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z They offer mealy-mouthed statements that technically include the words “I’m sorry” but that end in some variation of “that your feelings were hurt.” Opinion | How Cuomo Got Away With It for So Long 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z That was when Republicans and their propagandists at Fox News decided to strategically put out some mealy-mouthed pro-vaccine sentiments. The Republican strategy to sabotage Biden's vaccine rollout is backfiring 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Yet he only issued a mealy-mouthed explanation, wrongly suggesting he was doing something common. Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes not off hook in public-records debacle 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Their action, and their mealy-mouthed, hubris-filled justification for the unjustifiable, would be reprehensible regardless of political affiliation. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The 13-minute video showed some of Trump’s comments, including clips of his speech from a rally just beforehand, and his mealy-mouthed comments in the hours after it began. Analysis | 4 takeaways from Day One of Trump’s second impeachment trial 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The 13-minute video included some of Trump’s comments, including clipping his speech from a rally just beforehand, and his mealy-mouthed comments in the hours after it began. 3 takeaways from Day One of Trump’s second impeachment trial 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z When voters grow tired of mealy-mouthed politicians and wasteful bureaucracy, the allure of a pragmatic, efficient, no-nonsense executive in the Oval Office is strong. Review | How Trump has turned the presidency into an arm of his own business 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z And he alleges its leader, Michael Dreeben, confided in him that he would not have been so mealy-mouthed about saying the president had obstructed justice. Mueller prosecutor says special counsel ‘could have done more’ to hold Trump accountable 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z A mealy-mouthed compromise position is likely to please no one. Trump attacks Susan Collins on Fox News as she struggles in the polls against Democratic rival 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z He said Mr. Biden issued a “mealy-mouthed” statement on Sunday “that didn’t call for Democratic mayors to allow their police to enforce the law or Democratic governors to use the National Guard where necessary.” Tom Cotton: Joe Biden is panicking, overmatched by recent violence 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z We’ve too often been fainthearted and mealy-mouthed in standing up for the principle that truth matters. Conspiracy, confusion and a teen’s COVID-19 death 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z Not for him the mealy-mouthed half-truth, the small evasion. Strange attractors: On being addicted to Trump and his press conferences 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Then, last week, there was its hedging, mealy-mouthed hesitancy to call for the postponement of the Tokyo Games. Perspective | The USOPC asked Congress for money. Congress should respond by tearing it down. 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z This is why Democrats must end the mealy-mouthed, technical talk about means-testing relief and low-interest small business loans. Have Trump and the GOP outflanked Dems on coronavirus relief plans? Not yet 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Chi Onwurah MP, shadow minister for industrial strategy, described the PM's announcement as "mealy-mouthed". PM gives green light to post-Brexit research deal 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z And he offered mealy-mouthed rebuttals to some of the attacks against him, including again downplaying the women who complained about their treatment at his companies. Winners and losers from the South Carolina Democratic debate 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The reaction of leading Arab states to Donald Trump’s hopelessly unbalanced Middle East “peace plan”, unveiled last week, was muted and mealy-mouthed. Outspoken Recep Tayyip Erdoğan challenges both Washington and Moscow 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z But Zuckerberg’s mealy-mouthed non-answers to complex, critical questions continue to underscore the notion that the man and his company are evading responsibility while embracing profits. Why Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's damage control tour bombed 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z But during a debate, the Minnesota governor whiffed, fumbling questions about it with a mealy-mouthed explanation that he was just quoting Obama. Democratic debates could be dull: A crowd in search of a breakthrough 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Tom Watson, Labour’s deputy leader, criticised the party’s “mealy-mouthed” failure to fully endorse a second referendum. Brexit: top Tories would bring down any PM who backs no deal 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z It has to end its “mealy-mouthed” backing for another public vote if it is to be in tune with its members, he writes. Labour must back second Brexit vote or lose next election, Tom Watson warns 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Our performance is a direct result of our mealy-mouthed backing for a public vote on Brexit when it is being demanded loud and clear by the overwhelming majority of our members and voters. Never again can Labour find itself on the wrong side of a historic choice | Tom Watson 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Instead — with rare exceptions — Democrats have been muted or mealy-mouthed in their criticism. Opinion | Democrats should be shouting Trump’s trade failures from the rooftops 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Mr Watson warned that Labour would not defeat Mr Farage "by being mealy-mouthed and sounding as if we half agree with him". Labour 'must back second Brexit vote' 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Trump will definitely win if Democrats stand by and do nothing but offer mealy-mouthed and limp statements in response to his overt bigotry. Trump doubles down on bigotry for 2020, but Democrats can win by fighting back 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Our performance is a direct result of our mealy-mouthed backing for a public vote on Brexit when it is being demanded loud and clear by the overwhelming majority of our members and voters.” Labour must back second Brexit vote or lose next election, Tom Watson warns 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z For Democrats and human rights advocates, it was a laudatory but ultimately mealy-mouthed response. What Will Mueller Do? The Answer Might Lie in a By-the-Book Past 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z If it was hypocritical for Republican leaders — some of them barely housebroken — to start chirping about civility, it felt weak and mealy-mouthed for Democratic leaders to join them. Democrats, take note: ‘Normal’ isn’t coming back 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z The league did itself no favors by coming up with a mealy-mouthed policy. Surprise! The N.F.L. National Anthem Problem Is Not Going Away. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Sure, a few Republican politicians have offered mealy-mouthed expressions of disappointment that the president is openly siding with a man accused of subverting American democracy. Donald Trump wants you to know he’s getting away with it: Helsinki gloating fits a long pattern 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z These bizarre times will not tolerate mealy-mouthed platitudes and weaselly equivocation on that point. This time, the joke was on Roseanne Barr 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Republican Michael Williams is the Donald Trump wannabee - loud, proud and never “mealy-mouthed,” as he described his opponents’ policies. Georgia editorial roundup 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z The Bevan Foundation said it was a "mealy-mouthed" justification for a cut that would save a small sum. Anger over school uniforms grant cut 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The Trump administration, after a year of mealy-mouthed, temporizing statements, also announced sanctions Thursday against Russia’s “malicious cyberattacks.” Opinion | Putin has finally gone too far 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z But it’s a mealy-mouthed form of words, disclosing an innate reluctance to commit oneself to a point of principle, or to admit that principle has been neglected. #MeToo has reached the art world. Don’t think it’s running out of steam | Peter Bradshaw 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z These bizarre times will not tolerate mealy-mouthed platitudes and weaselly equivocation on that point. This time, the joke was on Roseanne Barr 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Enough with the mealy-mouthed response by western politicians in response to Muslim terrorism. Trump Shares Inflammatory Anti-Muslim Videos, and Britain’s Leader Condemns Them 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z With some mealy-mouthed excuse about "the '70s," and by promising to do a better job of fighting the NRA. Bob McNair, Harvey Weinstein and the era of the dumb apology - Golf Digest 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Trump “cheapened the process by staying silent and then being mealy-mouthed about it,” Brinkley said. How did Trump's response to Niger deaths go so wrong? 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Stephen Ross, an owner of the Miami Dolphins, who just a week ago supported the players’ protests, was even more mealy-mouthed. Opinion | The N.F.L.’s Workplace Dodge 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Before we would just sit around mealy-mouthed for days until the one person that sort of liked the song decided they didn’t like it anymore. Trashcan Sinatras singer Francis Reader chats band’s acoustic tour 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z They puzzled over the president’s mealy-mouthed reaction to the sight of Nazi banners waving in their country. President Trump flunks a moral test 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Instead, the NRA issued mealy-mouthed statements that never truly condemned the actions of an officer who killed a law-abiding gun owner and was subsequently fired but never convicted of a crime. A free press asks a question NRA dodges: Where were you for Philando Castile? 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z But in both cases, ‘‘liberal’’ points to the consensus, the gutless compromise position, the arrogant pseudopolitics, the mealy-mouthed half-truth. Hated by the Right. Mocked by the Left. Who Wants to Be ‘Liberal’ Anymore? 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z On the contrary, it’s a lukewarm, almost mealy-mouthed statement. Four far-right senators balk at GOP health plan, for now 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Democrats are left with a mealy-mouthed defense of the status quo. American healthcare is at a crossroads. Where is the Democrats' bold vision? | Ross Barkan 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z This, despite a high profile release and mostly strong critical support, save the New Yorker’s Pauline Kael and, strangely, much of the English press, which, Wilby noted, was “very mealy-mouthed about it.” James Ivory and James Wilby look back at the making of 'Maurice,' a time when gay happy endings were rare 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Having to become one of a dozen mealy-mouthed Trump toadies instead just doesn’t present the same opportunities for a man with Chaffetz’s towering ego and ambition. Loyalists head for the exits: Even Jason Chaffetz begins to change his tune on Trump and transparency 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Instead, they were mealy-mouthed cover-ups of activity in the years leading up to the crisis. What Happened on Wall St. Ahead of the Crisis? We May Yet Find Out 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z His mealy-mouthed answer on the initial query flashed discomfort. Pence Pick Would Show a Different Shade of Trump 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z I don't accept that mealy-mouthed half-apology for the politically driven prosecution you carried on for years against Bill Clinton. Kenneth Starr, Who Tried to Bury Bill Clinton, Now Only Praises Him 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Sir James described this as a "mealy-mouthed observation". Senior judge criticises 'insensitive' handling of IVF case - BBC News 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z A privatized monopoly, public subsidies, jealous rivals, rural interest groups, a business-bashing opposition party and a mealy-mouthed regulator are the key ingredients of a classic British fudge. Don’t Bet on a BT Break-Up 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z When out-of-state conservatives unearthed the mealy-mouthed ad and began using it against Walker, he became a staunch supporter of the 20-week ban, promising to sign the bill that was “likely to come to my desk.” Scott Walker, weasel: Why even Wisconsin GOPers are sick of their cowardly governor 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It’s worth contrasting those mealy-mouthed sentiments with the mature and forthright apology of one of the students who sang the song. A national fraternity president’s strange way of saying sorry 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z A statement from Brazil, though mealy-mouthed, shows it is worried. Tyranny looms 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Let’s skip past the mealy-mouthed, euphemism-heavy “criticisms” of the Bush administration for lying about pre-war intelligence and invading another country without giving any thought to the ensuing occupation. Jeb’s ugly Iraq revisionism: Laying the failure of his brother’s war on Obama 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z At the interstices of various political rallies, he issued bits of muted, mealy-mouthed boilerplate. Charles Krauthammer: Obama: Charlie who? 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z It was a bit of a mealy-mouthed mess. America’s “ground troops” fiasco: Why Congress must straitjacket the presidency 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z This is not some mealy-mouthed prohibition but a very specific ban on foreign investment in this sector. Four Reasons To Avoid The Alibaba IPO 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z It’s a jaw-dropping phrase in a political-military world given to mealy-mouthed assessments of military progress in the two wars the U.S. has fought since 9/11. A General Writes the First Post-Mortem on the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: Why We Lost 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Other Asian countries are also mealy-mouthed over Ukraine. Non-interference on the line 2014-03-13T04:00:00Z These weren’t the typical mealy-mouthed “I’m sorry if anyone was offended” politician’s apology. Chris Christie’s Long-Winded Damage Control Veers Off Course 2014-01-09T18:29:21Z Admittedly most of what he says is mealy-mouthed hedging, but it is wrong to say he doesn't support it. Libertarian populism: Bail-outs and safety nets 2013-08-12T17:18:17Z Yet, mealy-mouthed and hotly contested as this minor mea culpa is, it's still a sign that financial institutions may slowly be coming round to the idea that they are the problem. Neoliberalism has spawned a financial elite who hold governments to ransom 2013-06-08T06:59:03Z A look at West Ham messageboards on Monday reveals the usual mealy-mouthed apologists spouting stone-age drivel about the sanitisation of football and political correctness gone mad. Antisemitic chants are sickening – and West Ham fans must show they care 2012-11-26T14:51:11Z These contain the most outspoken utterances of a critic never mealy-mouthed, and include the splenetic attack on the memory of his dead friend R. L. Stevenson, which aroused deep regret and resentment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z When so mealy-mouthed an organ as the Times is correctly held to represent the sentiment of the majority, this must be. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z No good being mealy-mouthed when it's a question of life and death. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z For Kiessling, and the new ilk of radical pro-lifers behind what they call the "Personhood" movement, anything less than a total abortion ban is simply mealy-mouthed appeasement. Mississippi's Choice: Personhood and the Rights of Zygotes 2011-10-20T09:00:00Z Because if you cut through the mealy-mouthed Fedspeak, Bernanke’s speech on Friday at Jackson Hole reads a bit like a defense of Obama’s policies. Ben Bernanke Embraces Obama's Reality-Based Presidency 2011-08-29T11:02:25Z I loathed the mealy-mouthed black creature, methought, worse than drunken Simon, and worse almost than those horrid dead men. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z “You were mealy-mouthed,” he stated, with a genial retrospect in his voice. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z Not mealy-mouthed was Mrs. Behn, And prudish was satiric Jane, But equally they both shun men, As if they bore the mark of Cain. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z As for Dee: I was disgusted with her for being so mealy-mouthed. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Perhaps you can't, then again perhaps you can; I don't dispute anything; only, as I said before, that widder-woman is too 'cute for such a mealy-mouthed lady as you are. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z When they were still new arrivals, passers-by complained that they were “squash-faced” and “mealy-mouthed and complacent.” City Room: In Honor of a Century of Patience and Fortitude 2011-04-21T11:30:37Z He was glad to be rid of the mealy-mouthed creature, of whose necessary help in this matter he was heartily ashamed. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Liverpool are "reportedly monitoring" Inter striker Goran Pandev, which is about as mealy-mouthed as Words get in the world of speculation. Football transfer rumours: Barton to Liverpool? 2011-02-23T09:35:48Z The ruling class spoke of “unsettlement workers” with animosity, the socialists of a mealy-mouthed compromise. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z I will gladly do what you say," he replied, mealy-mouthed, "if only I knew—" "I'll tell you what you don't know. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z “It’s a mealy-mouthed way of saying, ‘We’re not telling you any more, that maybe something happened but we can’t be bothered to investigate,’ ” he said. Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals, and Beyond 2010-09-01T22:39:00Z The grey zone surrounding the black muzzle gives the appearance designated “mealy-mouthed.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" "Keep your mealy-mouthed compassion for yourself," he retorted, sneering. The Destroying Angel Parsons are paid for it, and ought not to be mealy-mouthed, when there is a proper opening, such as poor Tyrrel's case gave you. Coelebs In Search of a Wife If Moss had been a mealy-mouthed quack like the last Doc he had seen, okay. Martyr The Smirchers are too mealy-mouthed for the needs of the hour. Telempathy These replied by proclaiming Malietoa, and in the usual mealy-mouthed manner advised Samoans to do nothing. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) I don't mean to be mealy-mouthed, I can tell you. Is He Popenjoy? I wrote last week a political article, in which I criticised Majesty’s Address to the Parliament, and mauled those oleaginous, palavering, mealy-mouthed Representatives, who would not dare point out the lies in it. The Book of Khalid His mealy-mouthed wife stands for it, but I don't, an' that makes things all the hotter. Sunlight Patch I like a well-conducted regiment, but these pasty-faced, shifty-eyed, mealy-mouthed young slouchers from the Depot worry me sometimes with their offensive virtue. Soldier Stories But, I tell you, you needn't be mealy-mouthed with me. Tom Brown at Oxford This is no time now for being mealy-mouthed. Is He Popenjoy? "Done!" says I. "To think," groans Jack, blowing out his cheeks and striking himself a violent blow in the chest, "to think of a pale-faced, pranked-out, spindle-shanked, mealy-mouthed popinjay like him!" The Honourable Mr. Tawnish We have been too mealy-mouthed, and have feared to offend our hearers; and so the seed has fallen on hard ground, and the birds only have a successful Mission! Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet But since friendship has nowadays become very mealy-mouthed in freedom of speech, voluble in flattery and silent in rebuke, we can only hear the truth from our enemies. Plutarch's Morals Still, if they were mealy-mouthed, they might have inserted "Her Majesty Queen Caroline." Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents I am not a mealy-mouthed miss; sure I may tell truth; and I wouldn't trust one o' ye," she added, with a very significant nod of the head at the gentlemen, "except the captain. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes I have talent and there is no use in being mealy-mouthed over it. Molly Brown's Orchard Home But deep in the heart of a bland, mealy-mouthed potato lurked cruel designs upon my fair reputation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 So he sent word that he would come down the next Saturday and knock “that mullet-headed, mealy-mouthed, spindle-shanked rat into the middle of next week,” and drive him from the hills. In Happy Valley I am not one of those mealy-mouthed youths, full of their own deeds and lip-worship, Sire, but I have a life devoted to your service, and ready at all times to peril all things.' Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity "Oh," said he, with a conciliatory nod, "if you're up for anything, you needn't be mealy-mouthed about it 'fore us boys; for we'll all go in for you here up to the handle." The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) It's the temper of the time to resent nothing,—to be mealy-mouthed and mealy-hearted. Phineas Redux I wouldn't be so mealy-mouthed about cutting them out. Old Kaskaskia Poor Jacob Fleischmann, the painter, was somewhat perplexed by the mad city, and turned rather mealy-mouthed. Atlantis I never knowed a man called to preach could be so mealy-mouthed. Westerfelt "I have no opinion of being mealy-mouthed," said Mr. Gresley, who was always perfectly satisfied with a vague statement. Red Pottage But the Squire protested that he would not be mealy-mouthed. Phineas Redux Yes, I twigged that—and then the mealy-mouthed, filthy hag came over me. The Devil's Garden Only nobody, in this mealy-mouthed world, allows you to be honest; to say and do exactly what represents you. Lady Connie How do you dare stand there, so mealy-mouthed, and face me, when you are planning a cowardly attack on the liberty of your country! Hillsboro People Certain mealy-mouthed men, of squeamish consciences, who are loth to give the devil his due, have softened the above characteristic name into Hell-gate, forsooth! Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete Lady Dunborough was not mealy-mouthed, nor one of those who mince matters. The Castle Inn We have been mealy-mouthed and weak-handed; we have trifled and temporised and the Food has grown and grown. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Never creature, but mealy-mouthed inquisitors, and shaven singing birds. The Saint's Tragedy The foregoing is as delicately as I can state propositions of such far-reaching importance, and which neither Dr. Maxwell nor the "female lecturer of distinction" treat in a manner at all "mealy-mouthed." Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 These replied by proclaiming Malietoa, and in the usual mealy-mouthed manner advised Samoans to do nothing. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa She was mealy-mouthed and good as pie, not at all as I had supposed she would be. Laddie; a true blue story Adj. servile, obsequious; supple,supple as a glove; soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed; beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical; abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones; base, mean, sneaking; crouching &c. v. Roget's Thesaurus I could not bear the way they walked and talked, so crambling and material and mealy-mouthed. Twilight in Italy I like a well-conducted regiment, but these pasty-faced, shifty-eyed, mealy-mouthed young slouchers from the depôt worry me sometimes with their offensive virtue. Indian Tales He shivered, partly at the memory of his own mealy-mouthed protest. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors Lady Glencora was no poor, mealy-mouthed thing, but a woman of the world who understood what was what. The Eustace Diamonds He is a regular mealy-mouthed old woman of a doctor! Modern Broods Secondly, we have had to encounter the dislike of mealy-mouthed Freethinkers, who want omelettes without breaking of eggs and revolutions without shedding of blood. Prisoner for Blasphemy They were not so mealy-mouthed as to refuse my verses. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 Adj. servile, obsequious; supple, supple as a glove; soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed; beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical; abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones; base, mean, sneaking; crouching &c. v.. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Tennyson was not mealy-mouthed, but then he did not bargain for an audience of phonographs. Without Prejudice Now, if it was you who had done your country this sarvice, you would have spoke as mealy-mouthed of it as if butter wouldn't melt in it. Nature and Human Nature He's mealy-mouthed with the woman, and mealy-mouthed with the man, and mealy-mouthed with everybody. —quite too soft-hearted and too easy to get on. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky "Out upon the mealy-mouthed Jury, that turned out the bloodhounds on an innocent town!" cried a fourth. Peveril of the Peak I like a well-conducted regiment, but these pasty-faced, shifty-eyed, mealy-mouthed young slouchers from the depot worry me sometimes with their offensive virtue. Life's Handicap Presently, two mealy-mouthed men, from the mill, made their appearance, cautiously creeping behind him. Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 The surliness with which the woodchopper speaks of his woods, handling them as indifferently as his axe, is better than the mealy-mouthed enthusiasm of the lover of nature. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers "You must ask him yourself," I replied, losing patience, whereon she called me a "mealy-mouthed little fool" and laughed. Swallow: a tale of the great trek He and Hempel cracked their brains to account for the falling-off—or at least he did: afterwards he believed Hempel had suspected the truth and been too mealy-mouthed to speak out. Australia Felix But in those days divines were not mealy-mouthed. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 But the visual image in the masterly original Greek is not so mealy-mouthed. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) I don't know why we should be more mealy-mouthed than they are at the settlement. The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales They shall go within the next few hours, or as soon as I can lay my hands upon a better patriot than that mealy-mouthed cobbler. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel At any rate, this Karl is a poor fellow, a mealy-mouthed simpleton who the minute I say anything opens his jaws like a fly-catcher. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse It is very good to be mealy-mouthed with respect to everything that reminds us of the animal in man. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft |
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