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Significats de brown-nose en anglès

portuguès
bajular

Flatter with the intention of getting something.

        bajular

        Person who flatters others for the purpose of obtaining a personnal advantage.

            Ús de brown-nose en anglès
            1
            Every TFNG walked into NASA a slavishly loyal subject of King George, and we competed in pathetic attempts to brown-nose him.
            Riding rockets
            2
            'You forgetting something, Jez; everyone forgets, except maybe good old brown-nose Bernhard.
            The Naked God
            3
            When Randolph was finally gone, Carter said: "If I swear I'm not brown-nosing, can I tell you something?"
            Under the dome: a novel
            4
            'Are you gonna tell Al we did to Jezzibella what they did to Brown-nose Bernhard?'
            The Naked God
            5
            Aech must have thought I was brown-nosing, because she snickered throughout my stammering monologue, but Og was very cool about it.
            Ready Player One
            Translations for brown-nose
            portuguès
            bajular