receive flattery or compliment

receive flattery or compliment

Wearing a high hat is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is d à Ig à om à oz à, which means flattering others. It comes from Xiong Ansheng

The origin of Idioms

Xiong Ansheng, biography of the scholars in the northern history, said: "Daohui was wearing a high winged hat and big clogs. When the prefectural generals first came, they were often dressed to see him. He raised his head and elbows, worshipped his clogs, and said to himself that he was better than Sangong. "

Idiom usage

As a predicate or object; of a compliment.

Examples

My father heard that he likes flattery most here. The northern saying is "love high hat". The 27th story of flowers in the mirror by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty