粵

托tok3大daai6腳goek3

simp托大脚
tok3 daai6 goek3tok3 daai3 goek3tuō dà jiǎo

English

  1. (verb) to butter up; to flatter (usually one's boss)
  2. come from the team "to brush shoe", as one need to hold up the boss's leg for brushing, figurative as to flatter somebody who is usually in a higher social position ; to suck up to someone ; brown nosing ; literally: to hold up one's big leg

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 來自於擦鞋,因擦鞋時要托住大客隻腳,比喻對某人阿諛奉承

Examples

  • 佢返工淨係識托老闆大腳,唔怪得個個同事都咁憎佢啦。

    He only knows how to flatter the boss at work, it's not unusual to see so many colleagues dislike him.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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