| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
|---|---|---|
你单靠拍马屁是得不到提升的。 You are not going to get that promotion just by brown-nosing. | ||
拍马屁者的喉咙就是打开的坟墓。 A flatterer's throat is an open sepulcher. | ||
他就是因为拍马屁才得到了提升。 He got the promotion just because he was a bootlicker to the higher-ups. | ||
拍马屁对我没用，你这厚颜无耻的家伙！ Flattery will get you nowhere with me, you impudent fellow! | ||
不用拍马屁，你应该专心把自己的工作做好。 Without kowtowing, you should concentrate on doing your own job well. | ||
有人说最好的拍马屁的方式就是送给他一顶“高帽子”。 It is said that the best way of flattering someone is to give him a "top hat" to wear. | ||
弗兰克尔观察道：“人们常常会把它当成‘拍马屁’，因而产生抗拒心理。” Frankel observes that "often people see this as' kissing up 'and resist it." | ||
从制药商第一次开始出售处方药时，他们就给开药的医生拍马屁了。 Ever since drugmakers first started selling prescription medicines, they've been currying favor with doctors who write the orders. | ||
他经常自己去老板的办公室给老板拍马屁，别人都说他是个马屁精。 He often goes to his boss's office alone and kisses ass of his boss. His fellow workers call him an ass-kisser. | ||
如果他跟同伴一起，他一般不欢迎陌生人的接近，不过如果你会拍马屁的话那就另当别论。 If he's drinking with his mates, he would be unlikely to welcome approaches from outside the group, unless sycophantic and ego-enhancing. | ||
