محلسة

English translation: crawling/boot licking/brown nosing

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Arabic term or phrase:محلسة
English translation:crawling/boot licking/brown nosing
Entered by: Mona Helal

00:47 Oct 6, 2009
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Arabic term or phrase: محلسة
رمز لل---- المعفن المملوء رياء ومحلسة لأرباب
Sajjad Hamadani
United States
Local time: 13:52
crawling/boot licking
Explanation:
crawling/boot licking
brown nosing
Selected response from:

Mona Helal
Local time: 03:52
Grading comment
Sycophant is the correct answer; however, bootlicker was a perfect match for the context I was working with. Thanks everybody.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2crawling/boot licking
Mona Helal
5 +1flattery/adulation/blandishment/brown nosing
Osama Shahin
5behaving obsequiosly
zax
5apple polishing / toadying / flattering
hassan zekry
5brownnosing
nevine ibrahim
4hypocrisy , sham
MD Taher


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
crawling/boot licking


Explanation:
crawling/boot licking
brown nosing

Mona Helal
Local time: 03:52
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 59
Grading comment
Sycophant is the correct answer; however, bootlicker was a perfect match for the context I was working with. Thanks everybody.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  dardir: I agree with "boot licking"
8 hrs
  -> thank you dardir

agree  yen_yang
13 hrs
  -> thank you yen
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hypocrisy , sham


Explanation:
flattery

MD Taher
Egypt
Local time: 20:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 10
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
behaving obsequiosly


Explanation:
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zax
Local time: 13:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
flattery/adulation/blandishment/brown nosing


Explanation:
flattery, adulation, blandishment, blarney, brown nosing

Osama Shahin
Egypt
Local time: 20:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ahmed El-Aktash
20 hrs
  -> Many thanks Ahmed
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
apple polishing / toadying / flattering


Explanation:
toady : A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant.

apple polisher : (slang)

hassan zekry
Local time: 20:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 975
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1 day 12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
brownnosing


Explanation:
An employee is said to be brownnosing when following behind his boss and agrees to whatever is being said and bloats his superior ego by magnifying his trivial acts and subserviently obey any order.

Example sentence(s):
  • Bownnosing is the ultimate of showing submissivness and abject self-servititude
nevine ibrahim
United States
Local time: 13:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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