溜须拍马
溜须拍马
liū xū pāi mǎ
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants; to toady; boot-licking
verbidiom
Traditional: 溜鬚拍馬
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- (verb, idiom) to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
- to toady
- boot-licking
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Related Words
拍马(pāi mǎ)— to urge on a horse by patting its bottom
→掇臀捧屁(duō tún pěng pì)— to hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
→一个萝卜一个坑(yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng)— lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
→一手交钱，一手交货(yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò)— lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
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