白領們的生活對話：談論同事

Bootlicker

拍馬屁

I am really tired of Terry.

我真的覺得Terry很令人厭煩。

Oh, but I suppose he has lots of talents.

噢，但是我覺得他多才多藝。

He is a bootlicker. I suppose that is because he is quick on the uptake.

他是一個馬屁精。我想是因為他的理解能力很強。

范例二：

Talk big

吹牛

Fixing computer isn’t my cup of tea. You can leave this job to Jason.

修電腦不是我喜歡的事。你可以叫Jason來修。

Yeah, he has a good commend of computer skills. But….

是的，他有很好的電腦技術。但是……

But what?

但是什么?

But he is always talking big.

但是他老是吹牛。