| 单词 | apple-polisher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple-polisher apple-polisher n. North American colloquial a person who attempts to curry favour with a superior; a toady, a flatterer. ΚΠ 1918 N.Y. Times 30 Nov. 10/6 A flash of common sense..might have saved us from being obliged to..contemplate the ideal world as being made up of highly competent apple polishers and pencil sharpeners. 1929 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 4 Feb. 1/7 It is a mistaken notion that a co-ed is just an apple-polisher, concerned with nothing but..the good grades she can squeeze out of a prof. 1947 E. A. McCourt Music at Close 116 The apple-polishers in the front row laughed with forced heartiness. 1989 D. H. Hackworth & J. Sherman About Face 400 To me, he was an apple-polisher and an asskisser. 2000 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 18 June 2/3 Surrounded by apple polishers and brown nosers at your office? You're not the only one. The art of sucking up to the boss is rapidly on the increase. < as lemmas |
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