To blow sunshine up someone's ass means to flatter them with insincere, over-the-top praise — telling them exactly what they want to hear rather than what's true.
To blow sunshine up someone's ass means to flatter them with insincere, over-the-top praise — telling them exactly what they want to hear rather than what's true. It's the verbal equivalent of a smoke-and-mirrors act, designed to make someone feel great while the truth goes unspoken. The phrase is blunt and a little irreverent, often used to call out sycophants, yes-men, or anyone more interested in keeping the peace than keeping it real. It's popular in workplaces, politics, and anywhere BS tends to flourish.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(slang, usually in the negative) To appeal to or be pleasing to someone; to be the sort of thing that one enjoys.
(vulgar, slang) To fart.
(UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, vulgar, figuratively) To think so well of someone that one cannot imagine anything wrong with them.
(slang, often followed by to) To flatter (someone) excessively; to suck up.
(slang) To falsely flatter someone.
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