You were just trying to butter me up!

你只是想拍我马屁！

A limo? I see you're trying to butter me up!

豪华轿车？我看你们是想讨好我吧！

Don't waste your time buttering me up, Johnny. I'm not raising your salary anytime soon.

不要浪费时间来巴结我。我近期内是不会给你涨工资的。

So that's all this day was? A plan to butter me up before delivering bad news? Come on, buddy.

原来今天是这么个节奏，先礼后兵，图穷匕见。兄弟，别这样。

Are you trying to butter me up?

你是想巴结我吗？

Don’t think you can butter me up that easily.

【butter】不要以为你那么容易讨好我。

Yeah, buttering me up isn't gonna change what happened last night.

讨好我 也改变不了昨晚发生的事。

I don't want you to read something you think'll just butter me up. I want to hear the most recent thing you wrote. Fine.

我不想你读一些你自认为恭维我的好话，我想听你最新写的日记，好。

I think he's trying to butter me up for something; I think he's prepared me for the ask, I'm not very comfortable with compliments.

我认为他是想讨好我。我认为他已经为我的提问做好了准备，我不太愿意接受赞美。

And if you've ever been over complimented, perhaps, by someone at work who wanted a promotion, or an intern, it feels like, " Okay, what does this person want? " Like what are they buttering me up for?

如果你曾经被工作中想要升职的人或实习生过度称赞，你会觉得，“好吧，这个人想要什么？”比如他们为什么要奉承我？