The ability or tendency to use insincere flattery or persuasion.
油嘴滑舌，花言巧语
your smooth tongue could even turn your mistakes to your advantage
你的油嘴滑舌简直可以把自己的错误都说成是优点。
Example sentencesExamples
‘You look stunning, Kathleen,’ Brett said with a smile, maintaining his smooth tongue from his womanizing days and his job as a criminal lawyer.
While Klink senses that his American counterpart isn't as helpful as he seems, Hogan manages to assuage his concerns with a smooth tongue, playing to Klink's ego and fears.
There may be, indeed, a smooth tongue, where there is a false heart.
God, it wasn't fair for God to give a man both looks and the smooth tongue.
If there's one more thing I don't like about you, it's that smooth tongue of yours.
Derivatives
smooth-tongued
adjectiveˌsmuːðˈtʌŋd
Deliciously charming or incredibly irritating, depending on your point of view, he is always ready with smooth-tongued flattery, eyes innocently beaming behind his spectacles.
Example sentencesExamples
More plausible and quick-witted was a smooth-tongued operator who employed the alias ‘Ethelbert Louis Hector Alfred, Baron de Richemont’.
You don't regard yourself as a smooth-tongued rogue but I do.
Definition of smooth tongue in US English:
smooth tongue
noun
The ability or tendency to use insincere flattery or persuasion.
油嘴滑舌，花言巧语
your smooth tongue could even turn your mistakes to your advantage
你的油嘴滑舌简直可以把自己的错误都说成是优点。
Example sentencesExamples
There may be, indeed, a smooth tongue, where there is a false heart.
God, it wasn't fair for God to give a man both looks and the smooth tongue.
While Klink senses that his American counterpart isn't as helpful as he seems, Hogan manages to assuage his concerns with a smooth tongue, playing to Klink's ego and fears.
If there's one more thing I don't like about you, it's that smooth tongue of yours.
‘You look stunning, Kathleen,’ Brett said with a smile, maintaining his smooth tongue from his womanizing days and his job as a criminal lawyer.