sweet as a nut—
1. (coll.) said of smth. very tasty:
- The cabbage itself when it is taken out of the leaves is as white as milk, and as sweet as a nut if eaten raw.
2. (UK sl.) quite satisfactory; perfectly OK (used as a general term of approval):
- I treated it [car] to a full service including plugs, air filter, cambelt change and it’s as sweet as a nut.
sweet as pie —(coll., of people or animals) kind and friendly:
- I first must give my love to Antonette, she arranged all of the wedding details and she is as sweet as pie.
Note : The expression is not equivalent in meaning to the phrase sweet as honey—very pleasant in speech or behavior, with the implication of insincerity:
- She’s the kind of woman who’ll be sweet as honey to your face and as malicious as hell behind your back.