mass noun
1- talk which aims to charm, pleasantly flatter, or persuade (often considered especially typical of Irish people)（常指爱尔兰人的）奉承话, 花言巧语：
it took all my Irish blarney to keep us out of court.
我说尽了好话才使我们免于打官司。
1.1
- amusing and harmless nonsense开玩笑的话, 逗乐的话：
this story is perhaps just a bit of blarney.
这种说法很可能只是说着玩的。
词源
late 18th cent.: named after Blarney, a castle near Cork in Ireland, where there is a stone said to give the gift of persuasive speech to anyone who kisses it.