to suck someone's cock
- idiom
- /sʌk ˈsʌmˌwʌnz kɑk/
- Offensive
:
chuparle la polla a alguien
- She refused to suck someone's cock to advance her career, preferring to succeed on merit.
Examples
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People accused Steve of sucking someone's cock to stay in the manager's good graces.
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Don't suck his cock just to get a promotion!
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He'll suck someone's cock if he thinks it will get him a promotion.
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Why do you always suck their cock at meetings?
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He'll suck someone's cock if he thinks it will help him get ahead in the company.
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Critics claimed that she sucked someone's cock to gain influence within the organization.
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Many believe that to succeed in this field, you need to suck someone's cock at some point.
Synonyms
26
8.0
To praise someone to get their approval
To praise someone too much to get their favor in a rude way
To praise and obey a powerful person to get their support
Praise or act very friendly toward a boss to get something for yourself
Antonyms
How Servile
- Offensive
42
7.4
- Informal
26
8.0
58
8.6
100
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal constituents denote a sexual act (suck + cock) and the possessive, while the MWE’s figurative meaning (‘behave sycophantically to gain advantage’) is a metaphorical extension of performing a sexual favor to obtain benefits. This relation is somewhat inferable but relies on pragmatic/metaphorical inference and coarse cultural knowledge plus vulgar register, so a B1 learner who knows the words would only partially predict the idiomatic sense.
Etymology
The idiom suck someone's cock may come from a very rude sexual image: the verb suck and the noun cock make a strong picture of someone totally under another person's power. That's why people use it to mean someone flatters or obeys another person 'to gain an advantage'.