Flattery will get you nowhere

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Lynn3  #374788  Mon, 04 Jun 07 10:39 AM

Hello!

"Flattery will get you nowhere" is accepting a compliment or rejection a comliment??

Thanks!

Lynn

  
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nona the brit  #374789  Mon, 04 Jun 07 10:40 AM
It's usually rather a jokey thing to say. On the surface it is rejecting the compliment but the person might be pleased really. Hard to say without context. It's possible that it could be said seriously instead of jokily. You'd have to know the circumstances in each case.
  
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