fish for compliments

• 故意要别人说赞扬话

fish for compliments的用法和样例：

例句

1. I am not a very good cook.-Nonsense, you are merely fishing for compliments.
   我不是个好厨子。－－废话，你只不过是为了博取别人恭维而这么说的吧。
2. It annoys me the way that new girl is always fishing for compliments when she talks to the men.
   那个新来的姑娘同男子说话时总是想要别人恭维她，我感到讨厌。