sweetness and light
US /ˈswitnəs ænd ˈlaɪt/
・UK /ˈswi:tnəs ænd ˈlaɪt/
C2
idm.Behavior that is very pleasant and friendly, often after conflict.
After their argument, they were all sweetness and light again.
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Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird: Crash Course Literature 211
- In 1875, the English poet and critic Matthew Arnold argued that culture seeks to do away with classes, to make the best that has been thought and known in the world current everywhere, to make all men live in an atmosphere of sweetness and light.
In 1875, the English poet and critic Matthew Arnold argued that culture seeks to do away with classes, to make the best that has been thought and known in the world current everywhere, to make all men live in an atmosphere of sweetness and light.
- of sweetness and light." If that’s the point of culture, I’m not sure that we’ve done that well,
of sweetness and light." If that’s the point of culture, I’m not sure that we’ve done that well,
Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
- I can't be all sweetness and light because I have no credibility.
I can't be all sweetness and light because I have no credibility.
- I went to Imagineering, sweetness and light, and all's well that ends well.
I went to Imagineering, sweetness and light, and all's well that ends well.