خود شیرینی کردن
English translation: kiss up to someone
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| 5 +2 | kiss up to someone |
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| 5 +1 | play up to somebody |
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| 5 | curry favour/ brown-nose |
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| 5 | Lick someone's boots |
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| 4 | to be officious, to make up someone |
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| 4 | Ingratiate |
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53 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1play up to somebody Explanation: Definition: to try to make someone like you and treat you well by behaving in a way you think will please them Example: Julia knows how to play up to the supervisors - she can always get time off work when she wants it. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/play-up-... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2019-01-03 03:14:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here is a list of related phrases and idioms: https://www.macmillandictionary.com/thesaurus-category/briti... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2019-01-03 03:21:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think there are differences between خودشیرینی and چاپلوسی, but if we take them to be near synonyms, you can also say "ingratiate oneself with someone" or "flattery". https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/چاپلوسی https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattery Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject. |
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curry favour/ brown-nose Explanation: این دو اصطلاح هم برای خود شیرینی کردن به کار می روند: curry favour (disapproving): to praise someone, especially someone in authority, in a way that is not sincere, in order to get some advantage for yourself • He's always trying to curry favour with the boss. brown-nose (informal): to try too hard to please someone, especially someone in a position of authority, in a way that other people find unpleasant • The rest of the class were sick of watching him brown-nose. |
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Lick someone's boots Explanation: If one person licks another person's boots, they do things or say things to please that person, often because the second person is powerful. Even if you didn't have an official position you'd still be powerful locally and everybody'd be licking your boots. Note: You can call someone who does this a bootlicker. Everyone in Bob's immediate circle was a skilled bootlicker. Note: You use these expressions to show that you find this behaviour unpleasant یعنی حرفای بزنی و کارایی بکنی که طرف خوشش بیاد چون اون طرف قدرمندتره و میخواید به نفعی برسید. مثلا واسه رئیس https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/lick+someone%27s+boots |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2kiss up to someone Explanation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (4th Ed): kiss up to [kiss up to sb] phr v to try to please someone in order to get them to do something for you - used to show disapproval British Equivalent: suck up to If you say that, it'll look like you're kissing up to me. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2019-01-03 06:55:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- British Equivalent: suck up to |
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