troweling

I handed the trowel back to him.

我将泥刀交给。

He was laying on the flattery with a trowel.

在一个劲儿地拍马屁。

He told her that she was his favourite author and that she deserved the Nobel Prize for literature.He really laid it on with a trowel.

对,是自己最喜欢的作家,应该获得贝尔文学。际上是在恭维。