• to give sy one's good word, to put in a word for sy
• to put in a good word for sy, to say a good word for sy
• has everything in his favour, have everything in his favour
• to appeal to sy's finer feelings
• dictum, dicta, dictum, dictumta, idiom, idiomatic phrase, idiomatic turn, locution, phrase, word
• at these words, with these words
• to put it mildly, to say the least of it