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Jimmy Hung
2021-12-15 10:12
Piss in (one's) pocket Australia slang verb phrase
To try to gain one's favor, attention, or affection especially through flattering
I indeed congrat on your success, I'm not pissing in your pocket.
He really knows how to piss in the manager's pocket.
People are always inclined to flatter or please a rich man by laughing at his joke which may not be a very good one.
To flatter and treat one extremely respectful to a powerful person in order to get favor
1. A flattery.
2. Persuade someone by flattering them.
The verb "piss" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This modern Australian expression is common from 1960s, but it is also believed to develop from the root slang "piss down any one's back" in Francis Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue with the same usage.
Do you see anything wrong?
To decide to believe someone‘s saying although they may not tell the truth
He said that he was late because he had an accident and I gave him the benefit of the doubt.
