flattery in the PONS Dictionary

flattery Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

flattery will get you nowhere
с ласкателство няма да стигнеш далече

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Knowing he would likely fail to press the warriors into the army, he came up with plan to use his greatest strengths: flattery and treachery.
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The right to applause, vanity, flattery, praise and self-inflation.
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The judge's attempts at flattery and bribery failed.
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Along with flattery, the attractiveness of sales reps has been noted, with a trend of former cheerleaders entering the field.
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The officials compete in their corruption and flattery, to the detriment of the people.
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It is flattery sweetened by humour and flavoured by wit.
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He is the princely type, who entertains customers with upper-class etiquette and shameless flattery.
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Historians and philosophers have paid attention to flattery as a problem in ethics and politics.
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But they also rely on flattery in order to gain these gifts, and both characters are willing to bury their patrons in empty praise.
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And by listing his achievements the flattery of his pupils, reviews establish him as a hero figure.
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