Yes, but to be captain one must do a little flattery to one’s patrons.

“但是要想当船长，就该对船主恭敬一点才好。”

To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior.

阿谀奉承用拍马屁和谄媚的态度来取悦，引起注意

O beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror

啊，美呀，在爱中找你自己吧，不要到你镜子的谄谀去找寻。

To coax by flattery or wheedling;cajole.

巴结，讨好用奉承或讨好的方式劝诱;哄骗

sedulous flattery

百般奉承.

servile flattery

百般奉承.

be hood-winked by flattery

被捧得昏头昏脑

Cut out the soft soap; flattery will get you nowhere!

别花言巧语了，吹捧是不会使你捞到好处的。

In vain by respectful condescension and kind flattery this matchless mother tried to soothe the sorrows of her daughter-in-law

不论这位仁厚无比的婆婆怎样尊重她的儿媳妇，对她表示殷勤，怎样善意地说些恭维话，也减轻不了她的悲伤。

a man insusceptible to flattery

不受奉承的人

be proof against flattery

不为阿谀所动

Excessive flattery or admiration.

谄媚过分的谄媚或恭维

Flattery is my abhorrence.

谄媚为我所憎恶

Flattery bring friend,but the truth beget enmity.

谄言交友，直言树敌。

He whose ruling passion is the love of praise is a slave to every one who has a tongue for flattery or calumny.-- George Eliot

成天想听好话的人，是那些长有拍马或诽谤口舌的人的奴隶。--艾略特

resort to boasting, flattery and touting

吹吹拍拍，拉拉扯扯

an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.

调查员利用恭维和恐吓来影响证人

give sb a dose of flattery

对某人一番奉承.

and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man’s self, as the liberty of a friend

而防御自谄自谀之术更无有能及朋友之直言者也。

Flattery Brings friends, But the truth begets enmity

奉承惹人喜,直言招人仇

Flattery will get you nowhere !

奉承是行不通的!

One who seeks favor,especially by insincere flattery or obsequious behavior.

奉承者，谄媚者寻求好感的人，尤指通过不真诚的奉承和殷勤的举止

Flattery cannot hurt unless we get carried away by it

恭维话害不了人，除非自己被弄得昏昏然。

To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile;cajole.

哄骗通过奉承或哄骗说服或试图说服;用甜言蜜哄骗

To urge with gentle and repeated appeals,teasing,or flattery ;wheedle.

哄骗用重复和温和的恳求、逗弄、谄媚来欺骗人;甜言蜜语地哄骗

Hung-chien said, “I’ve found that flattery is just like love.It doesn’t allow a third party to look on disinterestedly

鸿渐道:“我发现拍马屁跟恋爱一样，不容许有第三都冷眼旁观。

She was pleased by the flattery .

她听了这些奉承话而得意起来。

She used flattery to worm her way/herself into his confidence.

她用阿谀奉承的手段骗取他的信任.

She cheated him by flattery

她用谄媚的手段欺骗他。

She hated flattery more than anything else

她最讨厌人说奉承话。

self-flattery

n.1. 自吹自擂

flattery sand

压平沙