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How to say to bootlick
in Thai
เลียแข้งเลียขา
lia-kâaeng-lia-kǎa
to bootlick
lia midkâaeng fallinglia midkǎa rising
Lick shins, lick legs. Blunt and scornful.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- casual
In a sentence
- ไม่ต้องเลียแข้งเลียขาใคร ทำงานให้ดีก็พอmâi dtâawng lia-kâaeng-lia-kǎa krai tam-ngaan hâi dii gâw paawNo need to lick anyone's boots, just do good work.
From the same situation: Humour, sarcasm, register-switching
- ประชดประชันto be sarcastic and spiteful
- แดกดันto sneer, make cutting remarks
- เหน็บแนมto make a veiled jibe
- กระแนะกระแหนto snipe, needle
- เสียดสีto satirise
- ถากถางto mock, ridicule
- จิกกัดto take a dig, needle (playfully)
- แซะto snipe at, throw shade
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