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blow smoke up someone's ass
idiommainly USoffensive(also very informalblow smoke up someone's butt, also UKoffensiveblow smoke up someone's arse, also informalblow smoke up someone's backside/rear/skirt/shorts)
a rude phrase meaning to lie to someone in a way that flatters them (= makes them feel praised and important, successful, etc.):
I don't send emails blowing smoke up their asses. I am genuine in everything I say.
Add up all the comments above, and it seems a lot of folks are blowing smoke up a lot of other folk's rears.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing arrogance and conceit
(as) proud as Luciferidiom
airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
egoistic
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
patronizing
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
swaggerer
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
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