tatlı tilli
/tatlɯ tilli/
Literal translation
sweet-tongued
Intended meaning
Speaking kindly and pleasantly, in a way that soothes and gladdens the person listening.
- Alaydı da, keŋeş üç da em tatlı tilli em sabır aqıllı adamnı saylasın da, alanı Bekbolat biyge ieyik, – dedi İman."So be it — let the council choose three men, the most sweet-spoken and the most level-headed, and let us send them to Bekbolat bey," said Iman.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 432