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blow smoke up someone's arse
idiomUKoffensive(also mainly USoffensiveblow smoke up someone's ass, also very informalblow smoke up someone's butt, 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'm not a person with a big ego. I don't need people to blow smoke up my arse.
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
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
egotistically
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
popinjay
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
throw your weight aroundidiom
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