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1) General subject: adulate, back scratch, crouch back, fawn, glose, gloze, grovel, lick boots, lick somebody's boots, lick the boots, slaver, toadeat, toady, bow back2) Colloquial: back-scratch4) Australian slang: suck up to5) Makarov: crouch (one's) back, how ( one's) back, to how (one's) back6) Taboo: ass-crawl, ass-hole somebody, brown-nose, bum-suck, fart-suck, lick somebody's ass, suckass -
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ЛИЗАТЬ ПЯТКИ (НОГИ, САПОГИ, РУКИ) кому, у кого highly coll, derog VP subj: human to fawn on, cringe and grovel before s.o.X лижет пятки Y-y - X licks W boots (shoes, feet). (extended usage)(Нелькин:) Разве все они (честные люди) должны кланяться силе, лизать сапоги у насилия? (Сухово-Кобылин 1). (N.:) Must all of them (honest people) submit to force, and lick the boots of oppression? (1a). -
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[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to fawn on, cringe and grovel before s.o.:- X лижет пятки Y-y - X licks Y's boots (shoes, feet).♦ [extended usage] [Нелькин:] Разве все они [честные люди] должны кланяться силе, лизать сапоги у насилия? (Сухово-Кобылин 1). [N.:] Must all of them [honest people] submit to force, and lick the boots of oppression? (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лизать ноги
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[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to fawn on, cringe and grovel before s.o.:- X лижет пятки Y-y - X licks Y's boots (shoes, feet).♦ [extended usage] [Нелькин:] Разве все они [честные люди] должны кланяться силе, лизать сапоги у насилия? (Сухово-Кобылин 1). [N.:] Must all of them [honest people] submit to force, and lick the boots of oppression? (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лизать пятки
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[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to fawn on, cringe and grovel before s.o.:- X лижет пятки Y-y - X licks Y's boots (shoes, feet).♦ [extended usage] [Нелькин:] Разве все они [честные люди] должны кланяться силе, лизать сапоги у насилия? (Сухово-Кобылин 1). [N.:] Must all of them [honest people] submit to force, and lick the boots of oppression? (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лизать руки
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[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to fawn on, cringe and grovel before s.o.:- X лижет пятки Y-y - X licks Y's boots (shoes, feet).♦ [extended usage] [Нелькин:] Разве все они [честные люди] должны кланяться силе, лизать сапоги у насилия? (Сухово-Кобылин 1). [N.:] Must all of them [honest people] submit to force, and lick the boots of oppression? (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лизать сапоги
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1. уст. creep*, crawl2. (перед; раболепствовать) grovel (before)пресмыкаться перед кем-л. — fawn on smb., grovel / cringe before smb.; lick the boots of smb.
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несовер.
1) устар. creep
2) (перед кем-л.)
cringe (to/before), grovel (before); fawn (on), lick the boots (of)* * ** * *creep, crawl* * *creepcrouch -
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1) ( ползать) creep, crawl2) (пе́ред; раболепствовать) grovel (before), bow and scrape (before), fawn (on); lick the boots (of) -
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несовер.1) устар. creep, crawl2) (перед кем-л.)cringe (to/before), grovel (before); fawn (on), lick the boots (of) -
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лизать пятки (ноги, сапоги, руки) (кому, у кого)прост., пренебр.lick smb.'s shoes (boots); lick the mud off smb.'s shoes (boots); lick smb.'s feet- Глядите, ребята, этого молокососа Яков Васильевич равняет с нами. - Он у мастера пятки лижет, собака! (Г. Нагаев, Шпагин) — 'Look, boys, Yakov Vasilyevich puti this sissy on a level with us.' 'He must lick the foreman's boots, the cur!'
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grovel глагол: словосочетание:kiss the dust (пресмыкаться, унижаться, терпеть поражение, пасть ниц, быть поверженным во прах, быть убитым)kiss the ground (пресмыкаться, терпеть поражение, пасть ниц, унижаться, быть поверженным во прах, быть убитым) -
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1) General subject: back-scratch, lick boots (кому-л.), (кому-л.) lick feet, (кому-л.) lick shoes, lie in the dust and grovel2) American: bootlick
См. также в других словарях:
lick the boots — grovel, say nice things in order to gain favor, compliment, flatter … English contemporary dictionary
lick someone's boots — To try to ingratiate oneself with someone by obsequious behaviour • • • Main Entry: ↑boot lick someone s boots To toady • • • Main Entry: ↑lick * * * lick someone’s boots informal phrase to try too hard to p … Useful english dictionary
lick — lick1 S3 [lık] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(tongue)¦ 2¦(sport)¦ 3¦(flames/waves)¦ 4 have (got) something licked 5 lick your lips 6 lick your wounds 7 lick somebody s boots ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: liccian] 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
lick — lick1 [ lık ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to move your tongue across something, especially in order to eat it, clean it, or make it wet: The children sat licking ice cream. Their dog was still licking itself. The kids were licking… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lick — I UK [lɪk] / US verb Word forms lick : present tense I/you/we/they lick he/she/it licks present participle licking past tense licked past participle licked * 1) [intransitive/transitive] to move your tongue across something, especially in order… … English dictionary
lick — 1 verb 1 TONGUE (T) to move your tongue across the surface of something in order to eat it, clean it etc: The dog jumped up and licked her face. 2 SPORT (T) informal to defeat an opponent: I reckon we could lick the best teams in Georgia. 3… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
lick — /lɪk / (say lik) verb (t) 1. (sometimes followed by off, from, etc.) to pass the tongue over the surface of. 2. to affect by strokes of the tongue: to lick the plate clean. 3. to pass or play lightly over, as flames do. 4. Colloquial to overcome… …
lick one's boots — {v. phr.} To flatter or act like a slave; do anything to please another. * /She wanted her boyfriend to lick her boots all the time./ * /A wise king would not want his friends and officials to lick his boots./ … Dictionary of American idioms
lick one's boots — {v. phr.} To flatter or act like a slave; do anything to please another. * /She wanted her boyfriend to lick her boots all the time./ * /A wise king would not want his friends and officials to lick his boots./ … Dictionary of American idioms
lick\ one's\ boots — v. phr. To flatter or act like a slave; do anything to please another. She wanted her boyfriend to lick her boots all the time. A wise king would not want his friends and officials to lick his boots … Словарь американских идиом
lick somebody's boots — To say that one person licks another person s boots means that they are trying to please that person, often in order to obtain something. There s no need to lick the manager s boots. Just do your job! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions