- apple polisher
- ;[apple polishing] See: POLISH THE APPLE.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
apple polisher
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apple\ polisher — • apple polisher • apple polishing See: polish the apple … Словарь американских идиом
apple polisher — ☆ apple polisher n. Slang a person who curries favor by gifts, flattery, etc., as a child bringing his teacher an apple * * * … Universalium
apple polisher — ☆ apple polisher n. Slang a person who curries favor by gifts, flattery, etc., as a child bringing his teacher an apple … English World dictionary
apple polisher — apple .polisher n AmE spoken someone who tries to gain something, become popular etc by praising or helping someone else without being sincere … Dictionary of contemporary English
apple-polisher — n. a flatterer. □ Doesn’t that wimpy apple polisher know how stupid he looks? □ Everybody at the office seems to be an apple polisher but me … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
apple polisher — ;[apple polishing] See: POLISH THE APPLE … Dictionary of American idioms
apple-polisher — n a flatterer, someone who curries favour. The term comes from the image of the ingratiating pupil who polishes an apple carefully before presenting it to a teacher. The tradition of an apple for the teacher was really practised in rural USA… … Contemporary slang
apple-polisher — noun see apple polish … New Collegiate Dictionary
apple-polisher — noun A person who apple polishes … Wiktionary
apple polisher — noun someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self respect • Syn: ↑bootlicker, ↑fawner, ↑groveller, ↑groveler, ↑truckler • Derivationally related forms: ↑truckle (for … Useful english dictionary
