butter somebody ↔ up

phrasal verbphr v informalPRAISE to say nice things to someone so that they will do what you want 奉承，讨好〔某人〕

Don’t think you can butter me up that easily.

不要以为你这么容易就能讨好我。

Examples from the Corpus

butter up• From the title I expected Nathan to just butter Jackie up.• Agree with him. Butter him up a bit.• Silly-Willie popped them back in the oven and buttered them up himself.

→ butter somebody ↔ up at butter2(1)

单词	butter somebody ↔ up
释义	butter somebody ↔ up butter somebody ↔ up phrasal verbphr v informalPRAISE to say nice things to someone so that they will do what you want 奉承，讨好〔某人〕 Don’t think you can butter me up that easily. 不要以为你这么容易就能讨好我。 Examples from the Corpus butter up• From the title I expected Nathan to just butter Jackie up.• Agree with him. Butter him up a bit.• Silly-Willie popped them back in the oven and buttered them up himself. → butter somebody ↔ up at butter2(1)
随便看	be onto be onto a good thing be on top of the world be on top of your game be-on-top-of-your-game be onto sb be onto somebody be onto something be onto sth be on track be on uppers be on wavelength be on your back be on your best behaviour be on your high horse be on your uppers be on your way out be open to debate be open to dispute be open to doubt be open to question be open to question/doubt be opposed to be opposed to something be opposed to sth