Or if someone is trying to butter you up?

或者有人想要“给你涂黄油”（直译）又是什么意思？

The director was always ready to butter up Angelina Jolie.

这名导演总是乐于去讨好安吉丽娜·朱莉。

You were just trying to butter me up!

你只是想拍我马屁！

A limo? I see you're trying to butter me up!

豪华轿车？我看你们是想讨好我吧！

And you also heard an idiom with butter: to butter someone up.

奉承某人。

Or, he'll have to butter his boss up if he wants to take extra leave at Christmas.

或，他不得不奉承他的老板，因为他想要在圣诞节多请几天假。

So that's all this day was? A plan to butter me up before delivering bad news? Come on, buddy.

原来今天是这么个节奏，先礼后兵，图穷匕见。兄弟，别这样。

If she wants the most able staff to work on fragile states, she will have to butter them up.

如果她想让最有能力的员工为脆弱的国家工作，她将不得不讨好他们。

Oh, he's just trying to butter you up. And for the record, butter is an excellent lubricant for your rectal exam.

他只是在拍你马屁，强调下，黄油可是直肠检查中，很好的润滑剂。

Are you trying to butter me up?

你是想巴结我吗？

Now, is there anything I could do to butter him up?

我可以做什么去...迎合他啊？

No, no, no. I will. I just want to butter her up first.

不 我会说的 但得先哄哄她。

You think you've got to butter them up to get what you want.

你以为多拍马屁 就能得到你想要的。

" Somebody is trying to butter somebody up" . Do you remember we talked about flattery?

“有人试图奉承某人” 。 你还记得我们谈过奉承吗？

Let's hear some examples of how to use 'to butter someone up' or 'to butter up someone', which is today's expression in The English We Speak.

to butter someone up或是to butter up someone就是今天地道英语节目要学的表达方式，我们来听些例句，看看这个短语如何应用。

I think he's trying to butter me up for something; I think he's prepared me for the ask, I'm not very comfortable with compliments.

我认为他是想讨好我。我认为他已经为我的提问做好了准备，我不太愿意接受赞美。