{"id":1411,"date":"2017-08-03T21:29:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T15:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-is-the-meaning-of-soft-soap\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:14","slug":"what-is-the-meaning-of-soft-soap","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-is-the-meaning-of-soft-soap\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Soft-Soap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>soft-soap<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to praise sincerely<\/li>\n<li>to speak ill of others<\/li>\n<li>flatter for selfish motives<\/li>\n<li>to recognize another person&#8217;s good deeds<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3190],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894,1896,1895],"class_list":["post-1411","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-flattery-and-persuasion","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>flatter for selfish motives<\/strong> is correct because <strong>soft-soap<\/strong> means to flatter someone in order to persuade them or gain an advantage.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>The salesman tried to soft-soap the customer into buying the expensive model.<\/em> <em>Do not soft-soap the teacher just to get extra marks.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase suggests insincere flattery, not honest praise or recognition.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to praise sincerely"},{"right":"no","answer":"to speak ill of others"},{"right":"yes","answer":"flatter for selfish motives"},{"right":"no","answer":"to recognize another person's good deeds"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3190,"title":"Flattery and Persuasion","slug":"flattery-and-persuasion"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/1411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}