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ROBINDESBOIS
September 18, 2009, 02:36 AM
No quieres que te regale los oídos means adular, Is there an idiom in English?

hermit
September 18, 2009, 05:35 AM
hi robin - "regalar los oidos" or "adular" in english is "to flatter".

one idiom that comes to mind is "to butter someone up".

hermit

Tomisimo
September 19, 2009, 07:56 AM
I agree with hermit; "to butter up (http://www.tomisimo.org/idioms/en/to-butter-someone-up-856.html)" is probably the best idiomatic translation.

María José
September 19, 2009, 09:02 AM
Less polite: to suck up to