Sentence examples of "Лесть" in Russian with translation "flattery"

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Подобная лесть ни к чему не приведёт. That sort of flattery will get you nowhere.
Он ни на что так не падок, как на лесть. He responds to nothing more sophisticated than flattery.
Лесть - это тупой клинок, который я никогда не использовал бы против вас. Flattery is a dull blade that I would never employ against one such as yourself.
Но я не падок на лесть, на тот случай, если вы не заметили. But I'm not flattery operated, in case you hadn't noticed.
Отбросив сопроводительную лесть Эдди, я обычно удалил бы такое письмо, полагая, что это какой-то обман и афера. Eddie's accompanying flattery aside, I would normally trash such a letter, figuring it was a fraud or scam of some kind.
Конунга сыну, скотине больной, лести колдуньи. The sons of a king, an ailing calf, a witch's flattery.
Они манипулируют окружающими с помощью лести. They manipulate via flattery.
Как говорится, подражание - самая искренняя форма лести. Imitation, as the saying goes, is the sincerest form of flattery.
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