fish for compliments

English

Verb

fish for compliments (third-person singular simple present fishes for compliments, present participle fishing for compliments, simple past and past participle fished for compliments)

(idiomatic) To try to induce someone to make a compliment.
He's so narcissistic. He's always fishing for compliments.

Translations

try to induce someone to make a compliment

Chinese:
Mandarin: 故意要別人說讚揚話, 故意要别人说赞扬话 (gùyì yào biérén shuō zànyánghuà), 極力獲取別人稱讚, 极力获取别人称赞 (jílì huòqǔ biérén chēngzàn)
Danish: angle efter ros
Finnish: kerjätä kohteliaisuuksia
Interlingua: querer laude

Italian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: querer elogios
Russian: напра́шиваться на комплименты (naprášivatʹsja na komplimenty)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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