出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第184页（261字）
巴结奉承，讨好别人，例有人为求升官发财，对上司百般阿谀逢迎而丑态百出，实令人不齿。
Those who want nothing more than promotion and riches，do everything to curry favour with their superiors．They make such a spectacle of themselves that it makes one sick．