הֶחְלִיק לְשׁוֹנוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

He smoothed his tongue/ to flatter/ speak flatteringly

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Flatter yourself. Hear words to find favor and to persuade. Speak with the sweetness of your lips.

("Keep yourself from an evil woman who flatters with her tongue" - Proverbs 6:11, and so on: "From one who flatters with his tongue, this is Balaam, who flattered Israel with his tongue with blessings that he multiplied for them and lifted up their hearts, and they fell with a thousand arrows" - Rabbi in the Life of Devarim, chapter 1, and so on: "Because he feared and was afraid of the waving of my hand, therefore he will flatter his tongue against me "And they will show me a good end" - Abraham Mapu/ Ayit Tsavoa, 29, and so on: "The Lord said to them with a smoothness of his tongue, Now I see your greatness" - Shai Agnon/ Sifurei HaBeshat, The Lord)