проливать бальзам на раны

• ПРОЛИВАТЬ/ПРОЛИТЬ БАЛЬЗАМ на что, often НА РАНЫ чьи, кого obsoles, often iron

[VP; subj: human or abstr]

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⇒ to console, soothe s.o.:

- X пролил бальзам на Y-овы раны <на Y-ову душу> ≈ thing X was <person X's words etc were> as balm to Y's wounds <soul>;

- thing X was <person X's words were> (like) a panacea for Y's wounds <soul>.