court holy water

名詞

廃用不可算名詞

(obsolete) Pleasant but empty words, insincere promises or flattery.

日本語の意味

（時代遅れの表現）心地よく響くが中身のない甘い言葉、虚偽の約束、あるいはお世辞

She dismissed his compliments as court holy water, knowing they were designed only to win her favor.

彼女は彼の褒め言葉をうわべだけの世辞だと一蹴した。それらは彼女の好意を得るためだけに言われたものだと分かっていた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) Pleasant but empty words, insincere promises or flattery.

The King & his Nobles thinke they may ſleepe in quiet,

Now they haue giuen vs a little holy water at the Court,

But thers no ſuch matter, we be no ſuch fooles,

To be bobd out with words and after come to hanging: […]