Question

شخص خودشیرین ؟ و خودشیرینی کردن ؟

Answer 1

Hi

To earn/ get/ score brownie points

Eg:I thought I could score some brownie points with my mother in law by offering to cook dinner.

Comments

Also ' to brown-nose' and ' brown noser.

Answer 2

Apple(-)polisher خود شیرین

An example of someone who is an apple polisher is someone who will compliment her boss's taste in clothes despite the fact that she truly dislikes his style.
 

"My classmate Sarah is a big apple-polisher"

to apple-polish  (verb)

intransitive verb خودشیرینی کردن

:  to attempt to ingratiate oneself :  toady

 

transitive verb برای کسی خودشیرینی کردن

:  to curry favor with (as by flattery),To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior:

-He started apple-polishing the captain as soon as he got on board

 

Other idioms: curry favor, dance attendance, kiss someone's feet, lick someone's boots.

Comments

Good +1

Answer 3

Ingratiator / supererogator   شخص خوش خدمت / شخص خود شیرین

 

ingratiation خود شيرينى ،مورد لطف و توجه قرار دادن
to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort

 supererogation                                                                           the act of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need

play up to [play up to sb] phr v خود شیرینی / خوش خدمتی کردن
to behave in a very polite or kind way to someone because you want something from them
　Connie always plays up to her parents when she wants money.
 

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Good +1

Answer 4

Hi all

Also for children goody-goody

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