ôm đít

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Definition
  1. Verb (Slang, Vulgar):
    • To excessively flatter or fawn over someone in a servile manner, especially for personal gain: This term describes the act of obsequiously currying favor with a person of authority or influence. It implies a lack of dignity and is highly derogatory.
    • To engage in sycophantic behavior: It refers to acting in a way that is overly obedient and attentive to please someone, often seen as insincere and self-serving.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Anh ta chỉ biết ôm đít sếp để được thăng chức. (He only knows how to lick the boss's arse to get a promotion.)
    • Đừng có ôm đít tôi, tôi không thích điều đó. (Don't you lick my arse, I don't like that.)
    • Cả phòng đều khinh anh ấy vì thói ôm đít cấp trên. (The whole office despises him for his habit of licking the superiors' arses.)
Advanced Usage
  • This term is almost exclusively used in informal, colloquial, and often crude contexts. It carries a strong negative connotation and is used to criticize someone's character or actions severely.
  • It can be used as a direct accusation or as a description of someone's habitual behavior.
Variants and Related Words
  • Kẻ ôm đít (Noun): A sycophant, a bootlicker, an arse-licker.
    • Hắn là một kẻ ôm đít điển hình. (He is a typical arse-licker.)
  • Nịnh hót (Verb): To flatter, to adulate. This is a more general and slightly less vulgar term for flattery, though it can also be negative.
  • Bợ đỡ (Verb): To fawn, to toady. Another term for servile behavior, also derogatory but less vulgar than "ôm đít".
Synonyms
  • Nịnh bợ: To flatter and fawn.
  • Xu nịnh: To be obsequious, to grovel.
  • Bợ đít (Even more vulgar): A synonym with identical meaning and vulgarity.
Related Phrases
  • Chuyên nghiệp ôm đít: To be a professional bootlicker; used to describe someone who is habitually and skillfully sycophantic.
    • Anh ấy chuyên nghiệp ôm đít nên leo chức rất nhanh. (He's a professional arse-licker, so he gets promoted very quickly.)
Related Idioms
  • While "ôm đít" itself is a standalone vulgar idiom, it relates conceptually to the idea of "luồn cúi" (to crawl and bow), which describes servile and ingratiating behavior.
  • "Nịnh như Tạ Đình Đề": A cultural reference meaning to flatter excessively, akin to being a sycophant. (Tạ Đình Đề is a proverbial historical figure known for flattery).
  1. (thông tục)Lick (somebody's) arse

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