Social Rituals
سر کسی شیره مالیدن
/ sar-e kasi shire mâlidan /
phrase · rub honey on someone's head (sweet-talk)
Say itSAR-e ka-SI shi-RE mâ-li-DAN
Meaning
معنی۱
The phrase belongs to Tehrani street talk and is recognized everywhere. Older bazaar merchants use it as a warning to apprentices: watch the customer who is too charming. It captures a specific Iranian wariness toward verbal sweetness.
In a sentence
مثالداره سرش شیره میماله
dâre saresh shire mimâle
He's sweet-talking him into it
سرم شیره مالیدی
saram shire mâlidi
You played me
نذار سرت شیره بمالن
nazâr saret shire bemâlan
Don't let them con you
In its constellation
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سر کسی شیره مالیدنsar-e kasi shire mâlidan
شیرینزبانshirin-zabânکلاه گذاشتن سر کسیkolâh gozâshtan sar-e kasiسرsarکسیkasiسر کسی شیره مالیدنsar-e kasi shire mâlidan
keeps company with ۴ words