Social Rituals
بادمجان دور قاب چین
/ bâdemjân-e dor-e qâb chin /
phrase · sycophant arranging eggplants
Meaning
معنی۱
The image comes from the Iranian dinner table, where presentation matters and the platter (قاب) is composed deliberately. Suburban Tehran families still use the phrase at weekend lunches when someone's behavior at work comes up. It is folk shorthand for the office sycophant, recognized across generations.
In a sentence
مثالاون فقط بادمجان دور قاب چینه
un faghat bâdemjân-e dor-e qâb chine
He's just a yes-man
In its constellation
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بادمجان دور قاب چینbâdemjân-e dor-e qâb chin
keeps company with ۲ words