make (all) the right, correct, etc. noises
mainly UKto say the things you are expected to say, sometimes when you do not mean them:
He made all the right noises about my audition but I couldn't tell if he was genuinely impressed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutter idiom
- amped
- animated
- be as high as a kite idiom
- exhilarated
- fanatical
- fascinated
- fasten
- fasten on/upon sth
- flushed
- flutter
- knot
- overzealous
- passionate
- pop-eyed
- potty
- psyched
- sniff
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