托大腳
simp托大脚tok3 daai6 goek3tok3 daai3 goek3tuō dà jiǎo
English
- (verb) to butter up; to flatter (usually one's boss)
- 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
- 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