Taxation is the milquetoast, middle-of-the-road alternative to giving billionaires the old Romanov treatment. It's a compromise.
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Milquetoast
//ˈmɪlktəʊst//
Synonyms for "milquetoast" (78 found)
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15 translations across 9 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- мәмәй noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
Finnish
2 entries- hiirulainen noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
- hissukka noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
German
2 entries- Angsthase noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
- Hasenfuß noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
Italian
3 entries- pavido noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
- remissivo noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
- timido noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
Norwegian
2 entries- svekling noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
- veiking noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
Portuguese
2 entries- banana noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
- molenga noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- mlakonja noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
Spanish
1 entries- tímido retraído noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
Yiddish
1 entries- לעמעשקע noun (person of meek or timid disposition; person who lacks character or effectiveness)
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21 total sentences available.
He acts tough, but he's really a milquetoast.
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The truth is that we are cursed with a "milquetoast" Government operating under "milquetoast" policies. Fear has become a national policy.
Source: wiktionary
If Bach had any guts, he wouldn't take that. He's too much of a Milquetoast guy.
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