To win new business, he keeps buttering up our boss.
Cantonese
俾高帽佢戴
俾高帽佢戴
to flatter him
Examples (None)
Cantonese
唔好互笠高帽喇，我哋倾返正经嘢先。
唔好互笠高帽喇，我哋傾返正經嘢先。
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
他们用绳子捆绑了劣绅，给他戴上高帽子，牵着游乡（湘潭、湘乡叫游团，醴陵叫游垅）。
他們用繩子捆綁了劣紳，給他戴上高帽子，牽着遊鄉（湘潭、湘鄉叫遊團，醴陵叫遊壠）。
tā men yòng shéng zi kǔn bǎng le liè shēn ， gěi tā dài shàng gāo mào zi ， qiān zhe yóu xiāng （ xiāng tán ， xiāng xiāng jiào yóu tuán ， lǐ líng jiào yóu lǒng ） ．
They tether the evil gentry with ropes, crown them with tall paper-hats and parade them through the villages. (In Xiangtan and Xiangxiang they call this “parading through the township” and in Liling “parading through the fields”.)
Mandarin
但是，农会议决，今天不给他戴高帽子。因为今天给他戴过了，这劣绅横了心，不畏罪了，不如放他回去，等日再戴。
但是，農會議決，今天不給他戴高帽子。因為今天給他戴過了，這劣紳橫了心，不畏罪了，不如放他回去，等日再戴。
dàn shì ， nóng huì yì jué ， jīn tiān bù gěi tā dài gāo mào zi ． yīn wèi jīn tiān gěi tā dài guò le ， zhè liè shēn héng le xīn ， bù wèi zuì le ， bù rú fàng tā huí qù ， děng rì zài dài ．
Then the association decided not to crown him that day. They argued that if he were crowned right away, he would become case-hardened and no longer afraid, and that it would be better to let him go home and crown him some other day.