Meaning of sweetness and light | Babel Free

Definitions

That which is good, pleasant, pure, etc.

idiomatic, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The Difference is, that inſtead of Dirt and Poiſon, we have⟳ rather choſe to fill⟳ our Hives with Honey and Wax, thus furniſhing Mankind with the two Nobleſt of Things, which are Sweetneſs and Light⟳.”

“Sorrow and disillusionment racked William Mulliner like⟳ a physical pain. That his friends inside there, in spite of the fact that he had been all sweetness and light⟳ and had not done a thing to them, should have⟳ thrown him out into the hard street was the saddest thing he had ever heard of; and for some minutes he sat there, weeping silently.”

“The working relationship between Amtrak and the contracting railroads, and the Government for that matter⟳, is not, and has never been all sweetness and light⟳, and many railroads still find⟳ the passenger train⟳ to be a hindrance to the beloved freight.”

“So it transpired, though not everything at Garmisch was sweetness and light⟳. The leader of the British team, Arnold Lunn, the "father of alpine ski racing" and a British public school amateur to the core, was a conservative Catholic who disliked the "professionalism" of National Socialist sport.”

“Mailing lists are not all sweetness and light⟳, though. Joining a mailing list is a little complex. It requires people to know⟳ how to join⟳, sign⟳ up with an email address, respond⟳ to the mail, and know⟳ where to send⟳ messages.”

CEFR level