brown-nose 不是把鼻子染成棕色

【例句】Although he is very lazy, Bill is still able to get a raise in his salary by brown-nosing the boss. 【误解】尽管比尔很懒惰，但他还是通过给老板把鼻子染成棕色而得以提薪。 【正确】尽管比尔很懒惰，但他还是通过拍老板的马屁而得以提薪。 【说明】brown-nose是“阿谀奉承”的意思，尤其用于下级对上级，相当于俗语中的“拍马屁”、“马屁精”之意。下次如果见到有人对上司拍马屁，就可以说：He's brown-nosing. 当然，这里是朋友间开玩笑的话。再如： I've never known how to brown-nose in others. 我从来都不知道如何去奉承人。