bread and circuses
literaryactivities or official plans that are intended to keep people happy and to stop them from noticing or complaining about problems
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- break the ice idiom
- calm
- chill
- humour
- lighten sth up
- lighten up
- lull
- lull sb into sth
- make yourself at home idiom
- relaxation
- settle
- slow down
- soften
- steady
- take things easy idiom
- take/need a cold shower idiom
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