trowels

1.I handed the trowel back to him.

我将泥刀交还给他。

2.He was laying on the flattery with a trowel.

他在一个劲儿地拍马屁。

3.He told her that she was his favourite author and that she deserved the Nobel Prize for literature.He really laid it on with a trowel.

他对她说,她是己喜欢的作家,还说她应该获得诺贝尔文学奖。他实际上是在恭维她。