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第 79 课:Rejecting Flattery 拒受诌媚-2

He's too much of a back-slapper. 他太会胁肩诌笑.

He's a brown-noser. 他是马屁精.

He's an apple-polisher. 他是马屁虫.

She doesn't really like you. She's just a social climber. 她并非真正喜欢你, 她只是长袖善舞的女人.

He's always licking the president's boot. 他老是在拍总经理的马屁.

You must've rubbed him the wrong way. 你准是拍错了马屁.

I meant it as a compliment, but he took it as an insult 我存心要恭维他, 但他却当成侮辱.