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Podcast: Brazilian Portuguese Podcast
Episode: Weekly Expressions #55 – Babar ovo
Description: Everyone has that friend at school, college or at work who always likes to praise their superiors in order to get some advantage for themselves. Today we’re going to learn about an expression in Portuguese that can be used to explain exactly how this person should be called.
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Examples we mentioned in the episode:
ENG: He’s just the assistant to the manager, there’s no need to lick his boots.PTBR: Ele é apenas assistente do gerente, não precisa babar o ovo dele.
ENG: She’s such a bootlick...