idiomdisapprovingto show too muchpolitenessorattentionto someone:点头哈腰,奴颜婢膝It'sembarrassingtoseepeoplebowingandscrapingto the newCEO.看到员工们对新首席执行官如此卑躬屈膝真是令人难堪。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesPraising insincerely or too eagerly
backhanded compliment
bootlicker
crawler
creep
cupboard love
fawn
glad-handing
grovel
hagiographic
idealization
idealize
obsequious
people pleaser
play up tosomeone
schmooze
servile
slobber
toady
toadying
unctuous
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