Translations for „softly-softly“ in the English » German Dictionary

soft·ly-sof·tly ADJ attr, inv Brit, Aus

softly-softly

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English

His interview technique is the opposite of softly-softly.

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At the moment they don't because of lenient sentencing policies and softly-softly policing.

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His softly-softly approach, says the police officer, is dictated by the nature of the people smuggling business.

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Unfortunately this softly-softly approach was certain to eventually run into a brick wall.

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It's an impressive progression from the softly-softly opening to the outright laughter, like a zero-to-sixty of bad parenting.

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There's a lot to be said for the softly-softly approach of long-termism, as long as one is aware of what's going on.

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But look at the number of adults who are suffering from depression and anxiety today and ask yourself: softly-softly -- is it helping or harming?

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And often it does, in my view, more harm to the children than if they'd taken a more softly-softly approach and dealt with the issue in my view appropriately.

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