拍老闆馬屁

對話
Tom：Good afternoon, Claire. How's the baby?
湯姆：午安，克萊兒。寶寶好嗎？
Claire：He's a handful, but very healthy.
克萊兒︰他讓人手忙腳亂，不過非常健康。
Tom：You know, you're looking great. I'm amazed you were able to get back into such good shape so soon after having a baby.
湯姆︰妳知道，妳看起來氣色很好。我很驚訝妳這麼快就從產後恢復好身材。 Claire：Oh, you're too nice, Tom.
克萊兒︰噢，你人太好了，湯姆。
Tom：No, I mean it. You really look terrific. What's your secret?
湯姆：不，我是認真的。妳看起來真的很棒。妳的秘訣是什麼？
Claire：I don't know. I have been trying to exercise a lot, I guess.
克萊兒︰我不知道。我猜可能是我一直試著大量運動吧。
Tom：Well, whatever you're doing, it's working.
湯姆：嗯，不論妳做了什麼，都很有效。
Claire：If you keep this up, I'm going to start blushing.
克萊兒：如果你繼續這樣說，我就要臉紅了。

延伸學習 flatter 奉承、討好 ．flatterer 阿諛奉承者╱馬屁精 ．be flattered 感到榮幸╱受寵若驚

例︰Kenny：You look so beautiful in that pink dress. （肯尼：妳穿那件粉紅色洋裝看起來真美。） Helen：Thanks. I’m flattered.（海倫：謝謝。我受寵若驚。）

handful 讓人手忙腳亂的人╱事物 例︰Our naughty puppy is such a handful.（我們家的頑皮小狗真讓人手忙腳亂。）

get back into shape 恢復身材 ．in shape 身體╱健康狀況良好
例︰You should exercise more often if you want to stay in shape.（如果你想保持好身材，就應該更常運動。） ．
out of shape 身體╱健康狀況不佳；身材走樣
例：Carrie became out of shape after giving birth to five kids.（生了五個孩子後，凱莉的身材就走樣了。）