flattery u rečniku PONS

flattery Primeri iz rečnika PONS (ručno uređeno)

flattery will get you nowhere

Jednojezični primeri (nisu ih verifikovali PONS urednici)

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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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Whether this request was at all serious or merely a form of courtly flattery is not known, but the latter is suspected.
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Both sisters are eager for power and even convince their father with false flattery to hand over his kingdom.
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It is flattery sweetened by humour and flavoured by wit.
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The officials compete in their corruption and flattery, to the detriment of the people.
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Conversely, when poets wrote favorably about each other, they merely exchanged flattery.
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Secret organizations, set up to combat secret organizations, give the same flattery.
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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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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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Hints that the mission would leave if nothing could be achieved were placated with flattery and invitations to stay on.
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