AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Mincing words
What does 'mincing' mean in the following sentence:
Mincing words will not change his mind about his decision.
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Mincing words will not change his mind about his decision.
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Top answer
AH020387 Mincing words will not change his mind about his decision. For this idiom, the net is long on examples and short on definitions. " Sometimes when you're trying to persuade someone to do an unpleasant thing, you may feel that if you make it sound less bad than it really is, you'll have a better chance of winning him over.
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AH020387Mincing words will not change his mind about his decision.For this idiom, the net is long on examples and short on definitions.
The only one I found was "to soften the effect of one's words."
Sometimes when you're trying to persuade someone to do an unpleasant thing, you may feel that if you make it sound less bad than it really is
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