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People who constantly tell you what you WANT to hear ...Feeding someone's ego with constant adoration and commentary. Telling someone everything they want to hear and nothing they need to hear.
seriously. Im not blowing smoke up your ass!!!! you are so pretty. I wish I could be just like you... Your husband/wife is so handsome/pretty..... You have the nicest car.....I wish I had hair just like yours... etc...etc....
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Complimenting a person merely to gain something in return.
Joe: That automobile salesman sure thought you were a good driver. Did you hear all the compliments he gave you?
Bob: Yeah. He was just blowing smoke up my ass to get me to buy the car.
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A person who gives complements blindly and without thought.
I try to criticize you so that you can improve, but you are not willing to listen. You just want me to always be blowing smoke up your ass.
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Giving a gratuitous and insincere compliment, possibly to deceive. (Can be my, your, his, or her ass, but probably not plural, as in their asses.)
Yeah, sure. Thanks for the kind words, but I think you're blowing smoke up my ass.
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to bullshit or lie, to tell a falsehood. originally comes from the era of snake-oil salesmen and traveling hucksters pandering cure-all ointments.
one said cure for many ailments (including constipation) was a "tobacco enema" in which the purveyor would literally blow smoke up the afflicted's rectum with a device created solely for this purpose. obviously people caught on soon enough, and figured out that tobacco enemas were embarrassing as well as useless.
as such, the phrase became the euphemism it is today for selling a line of nonsense to an otherwise naive or unsuspecting rube.
person 1: "did you know that recent studies show that rat feces are as effective as any available wrinkle cream on the market?"
person 2: "you're totally blowing smoke up my ass"
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To purposely tell someone what they want to hear but also giving yourself excuses and reassuring someone that what is happening is neither their or your fault.
Teacher 1: Jack told me that he can't take the test tomorrow because he has been really busy even though according to him he thought I did a great job explaining it to him. I think I'm gonna give him an extra week.
Teacher2: Oh please, he's just blowing smoke up your ass
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Tobacco Smoke Enema (1750's-1810s)
The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patients rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims. A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke towards the rectum. The warmth of the smoke was thought to promote respiration, but doubts about the credibility of tobacco enemas led to the popular phrase “Blow smoke up one’s ass.”
I don't trust him, he's just trying to "blow smoke up one's ass".
Oh don't believe him, he's just blowing smoke up your ass!
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