Meaning: （相手に気に入られてようとして）お世辞を言う、（何かを得ようとして）ごまをする
For Example:
‣ If you want something, just tell me. I don't like that you're buttering up to me.
欲しいもんがあるんやったら、はっきり言いまい。お世辞は結構。
‣ She's trying to butter up to her father hoping he would buy her a car for her birthday.
彼女は誕生日に車を買ってもらえるように、父親にごまをすっている。
Synonym:
to please someone in order to win his/her favor
to flatter someone in order to win his/her favor
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