honey-mouthed | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)(in a positive sense) Having a sweet and smooth voice;eloquent.1627,John Donne,Fifty Sermons, London: M.F., J. Marriot & R. Royston, 1649, Volume 2, Sermon 42, p. 386,[1]Truely, when I reade a Sermon ofChrysostome, or ofChrysologus, or ofAmbrose, Men, who carry in the very signification of their Names, and in their Histories, the attributes ofHony mouthed, andGolden-mouthedMen, I finde my selfe oftentimes, more affected, with the very Citation, and Application ofsome sentence of Scripture, in the middest or end of one of their Sermons, then with any witty, or forcible passage of their owne.1938,Stephen Vincent Benét, “Jacob and the Indians”, inSelected Works of Stephen Vincent Benét‎[2], volume 2, New York: Farrar & Rinehart, published1942, page10:[…]they had much profitable conversation, McCampbell quoting the doctrines of a rabbi called John Calvin, and our grandfather’s grandfather replying with Talmud and Torah till McCampbell would almost weep that such ahoney-mouthedscholar should be destined to eternal damnation.; (idiomatic)(in a negative sense)Indirect, delivering a message in a way that will make it seem more pleasant to the hearer(s);seductive,persuasive.1553,Stephen Gardiner, “The Preface of the translatour to the gentil reader”, inEdmund Bonner, transl.,Touching True Obedience‎[3], Rome: Hugh Singleton:Now to thintent thou mayest playnly beholde and Iudge rightly of thesehony mouthedfalse feynyng flatterours and auncient enemyes of Christes religion the better and more readily[…]c.1610–1611(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene ii]:He must be told on’t, and he shall: the officeBecomes a woman best; I’ll take’t upon me:If I provehoney-mouth’dlet my tongue blisterAnd never to my red-look’d anger beThe trumpet any more.1858,George Eliot, “Janet’s Repentance” inScenes of Clerical Life, London: William Blackwood, Volume 2, Chapter 7, p. 151,[4]“[…]Tryan’s sermons[…][are] not at all what I expected—dull, stupid things—nothing of the roaring fire-and-brimstone sort that I expected.”“Roaring? No; Tryan’s as soft as a sucking dove—one of yourhoney-mouthedhypocrites.”

Examples:

EN: He might look like that, but he's surprisingly honey-mouthed, right?
ES: A pesar de cómo se ve, es muy bueno hablando, ¿verdad?
ID: Meskipun begitu, mungkin dia hanya pintar berbicara saja, kan?
EN: So honey-mouthed.
ID: Begitu bermulut madu.
EN: When you see them in a while, be honey-mouthed, okay?
ID: Nanti saat bertemu dengan kakak mulutnya harus lebih manis.
EN: You men of Ban family are honey-mouthed.
ID: Pria-pria Keluarga Ban, mulutnya memang tidak tertandingi.

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