Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
محلسة
English translation:
crawling/boot licking/brown nosing
Added to glossary by
Mona Helal
Oct 6, 2009 00:47
14 yrs ago
Arabic term
محلسة
Arabic to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
رمز لل---- المعفن المملوء رياء ومحلسة لأرباب
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Oct 8, 2009 00:42: Mona Helal Created KOG entry
Oct 8, 2009 00:42: Mona Helal changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/3720">Mona Helal's</a> old entry - "محلسة"" to ""crawling/boot licking/brown nosint""
Proposed translations
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crawling/boot licking
crawling/boot licking
brown nosing
brown nosing
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Comment: "Sycophant is the correct answer; however, bootlicker was a perfect match for the context I was working with. Thanks everybody."
17 mins
hypocrisy , sham
flattery
1 hr
behaving obsequiosly
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flattery/adulation/blandishment/brown nosing
flattery, adulation, blandishment, blarney, brown nosing
6 hrs
apple polishing / toadying / flattering
toady : A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant.
apple polisher : (slang)
apple polisher : (slang)
1 day 12 hrs
brownnosing
An employee is said to be brownnosing when following behind his boss and agrees to whatever is being said and bloats his superior ego by magnifying his trivial acts and subserviently obey any order.
Example sentence:
Bownnosing is the ultimate of showing submissivness and abject self-servititude
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