polish the apple 관용구
polish the apple
try to win favor by flattering someone The teacher doesn
Polish the apples
(USA) Someone who polishes the apples with someone, tries to get into that person's favor.
polish the apple|apple|polish
v. phr.,
slang To try to make someone like you; to try to win favor by flattery.
Mary polished the apple at work because she wanted a day off. Susan is the teacher's pet because she always polishes the apple. -
polish the apple
To attack to back-scratch favor through insincere or boundless adulation or praise. An allusion to the clichéd angel of a apprentice presenting their abecedary with a allowance of a agleam red angel to brainwash a acceptable impression. Brian is consistently cutting the angel with the boss, and for what—some vague, arrogant achievement of a advance or raise?Learn more: apple, polishpolish the apple
Try to win favor through flattery, as in It may advice your continuing with the bang-up if you brightness the apple. This announcement gave acceleration to the byword apple polishing. The argot alludes to the convenance of schoolchildren bringing their abecedary the allowance of a bright, agleam apple. [c. 1920] Learn more: apple, polish