比喻套近乎，拉关系to butter up

• 他与店主“套瓷”，摸清了不同尺寸蛋糕的成本价，默默地记在心里。

  He was buttering up the owner, finding out the cost prices for the different sizes of cake and making a mental note of them.

• 当胡长清听说赵坚来到南昌后，立即想方设法地和他套瓷，并想方设法地和他拉关系。

  Once Hu Changqing had heard Zhao Jian had arrived in Nanchang, he immediately starting thinking of ways to butter him up and means to build a relationship with him.