Lick the boots of...
奉承, 拍...马屁
🧩 词语组成解析
lick
[lɪk]
vt. 舔;<口>打败;
vt.& vi. 轻轻拍打;战胜;
n. 舔;一舐的量，少量;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
boots
[[bu:ts]]
n. （英）擦靴的仆役；靴子（boot的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
They can build a space craft and send it to the edges of our very solar system.
他们能制出航空飞船并将其发送到太阳系的边缘。
How did it come to this?
岂有此理！
but few us have had the opportunity to find out.
但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。