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sweetness and light
Language:
Meanings:
1.
British English
General English
formal
literary
A state or atmosphere of pleasantness, harmony, civility, refinement, and agreeable conduct.
2.
General English
ironic
colloquial
Used sarcastically to denote superficial civility or enforced agreeableness that conceals conflict, hypocrisy, or unpleasant realities.
Examples:
EN:
All this sweetness and light is stifling me.
ES:
Toda esta ñoñeces me agobian.
EN:
So much sweetness and light gets on my nerves.
ES:
El exceso de dulzura y ligereza me exasperan.
EN:
As long as everything is sweetness and light you think it's just great.
ES:
Cuando todo era agradable, te gustaba...
EN:
I hear everything's sweetness and light since I've been gone.
ES:
Me dicen que todo es luz y dulzura desde que me fui.
EN:
So everything is sweetness and light at the Blue Swan?
ES:
Todo es luz y color en el Blue Swan.
EN:
No sweetness and light, pa, I couldn't stand it.
ES:
Nada de dulces ni de luz, papá. No podría soportarlo.
EN:
Your life can't be all sweetness and light either.
ES:
La suya tampoco debe ser una maravilla...
EN:
Thank God, now everything's sweetness and light.
ES:
Gracias a Dios ahora todo es felicidad.
EN:
Everything was just sweetness and light -
ES:
Todo fue solo dulzura y luz -
EN:
"It's supposed to be all sweetness and light.
ES:
Todo el mundo es bueno.
EN:
All sweetness and light when we're with them, full of delusions and viciousness the next.
ES:
Pura dulzura y amabilidad por un momento, luego se muestran llenos de engaños y crueldad.
EN:
This thing has dragged on too long for it to end in all sweetness and light.
ES:
Esto ya ha ido demasiado lejos como para acabar bien.
EN:
Sorry. I'll only print sweetness and light, even if it bores the pants off them.
ES:
Lo siento, imprimiré sólo lo dulce, aunque los aburra a morir.
EN:
Of course, it must be all very different elsewhere in the cosmos, sweetness and light out there.
ES:
Todo ha de ser distinto en otras partes del cosmos, luz, dulzura y demás.
EN:
This has the air of sweetness and light.
ES:
Esto tiene dulzura y amabilidad.
EN:
All this sweetness and light is stifling me.
ES:
Toda esta ñoñeces me agobian.
EN:
So much sweetness and light gets on my nerves.
ES:
El exceso de dulzura y ligereza me exasperan.
EN:
As long as everything is sweetness and light you think it's just great.
ES:
Cuando todo era agradable, te gustaba...
EN:
This has the air of sweetness and light.
ES:
Esto tiene dulzura y amabilidad.
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