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Meaning of sweet-and-sour | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Having both sweet and sour or tart taste.
  2. Having both positive and negative traits, or inspiring conflicting good and bad feelings.

Equivalents

Čeština sladkokyselý
Deutsch süßsauer
فارسی ملس
Suomi hapanimelä hapanimelä
Bahasa Indonesia asam manis keluyuk koloke
မြန်မာ ချိုချဉ်
Nederlands zoetzuur
Português agridoce
Русский ки́сло-сла́дкий
Svenska sötsur sötsyrlig
Tagalog agridulse
Türkçe mayhoş Mayhoş
Українська винний ки́сло-соло́дкий

Examples

“Like⟳ an accordion at a country wedding producing sweet-and-sour notes, some importers are expanding their U.S. retail automotive operations while others are skinnying down.”
“Humans utilize a kind of sweet and sour blend of love⟳ potion called charm.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

sweet-hearted sweet-natured sweet-potatoey sweet-scented sweet-shop sweet-smelling

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