MAKE SOOTHING, ENCOURAGING, REASSURING, ETC. NOISES


Meaning of MAKE SOOTHING, ENCOURAGING, REASSURING, ETC. NOISES in English

to make remarks of the kind mentioned, even when that is not what you really think :

He made all the right noises at the meeting yesterday (= said what people wanted to hear) .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.