een veer in de reet steken

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “to stick a feather into [someone's] ass”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ən ˈveːr ɪn də ˈreːt ˈsteːkə(n)/

Verb

een veer in de reet steken

  1. (intransitive, with indirect object) to heap excessive, often sycophantic praise on

Inflection

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