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Excessive in praise or flattery

Covered or soaked with oil

Characterized by a lack of sincerity

Relating to or characteristic of reptiles

Smooth, buttery

(of a flavor or color) Rich or intense

Charming, confident and elegant

Succulent or full of juice(s)

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Adjective

Containing oil

swimming in fat

swimming in oil

“The oily sebaceous glands in the skin easily get clogged up, and bacteria sets up an inflammation that triggers the immune system to launch a local attack.”

Adjective

Excessive in praise or flattery

apple-polishing

forelock-tugging

excessively deferential

bowing and scraping

over-enthusiastic

laid on with a trowel

all over someone

highly favourable

overenthusiastic

over-appreciative

eating humble pie

overly flattering

with high praise

with highest recommendation

highly favorable

at one's beck and call

in one's pocket

in one's clutches

under one's thumb

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“The oily man knew he would get his way, and his smile grew, displaying yellowed teeth.”

Adjective

Covered or soaked with oil

slippery as an eel

like a skating rink

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“JOY MELZER from Kansas City, Mo., is looking for a natural treatment for oily hair.”

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Characterized by a lack of sincerity

holier-than-thou

lacking sincerity

double-crossing

with tongue in cheek

devoid of validity

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Relating to or characteristic of reptiles

Adjective

Smooth, buttery

Adjective

(of a flavor or color) Rich or intense

highly-flavoured

highly flavored

industrial-strength

full of flavour

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Charming, confident and elegant

oversophisticated

fashionably dressed

well turned out

cool, calm and collected

as if one had just stepped out of a bandbox

larger than life

treating with kid gloves

with good taste

well brought up

well-turned-out

dressed to kill

dressed to the teeth

with experience

sure of yourself

sure of oneself

having been around

cool as a cucumber

well turned-out

smartly dressed

self-controlled

treating something with kid gloves

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Succulent or full of juice(s)

thirst-quenching

within use-by date

recently harvested

newly harvested

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