piss in someone's pocket
piss in someone's pocket verb: to say flattering or fawning things to a person in the hope of gaining favour with them.
Verb
piss in someone's pocket (third-person singular simple present pisses in someone's pocket, present participle pissing in someone's pocket, simple past and past participle pissed in someone's pocket)
- To say flattering or fawning things to a person in the hope of gaining favour with them.
- ‘Don′t piss in my pocket, son. How would you know what I used to be?’ But he was flattered.1994, Jon Cleary, Autumn Maze, page 249
- ‘[…]Son, I′m not the type to piss in your pocket, but we have a shortage of your kind of chap.’2007, Bryce Courtenay, The Persimmon Tree, volume 1, 2, page 248
Forms of piss in someone's pocket
| third-person singular present | pisses in someone's pocket |
|---|---|
| present participle | pissing in someone's pocket |
| past participle | pissed in someone's pocket |
| past | pissed in someone's pocket |
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- The past tense of piss in someone's pocket is pissed in someone's pocket.
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