"pour honey on" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pour honey on.wav Forms: pours honey on [present, singular, third-person], pouring honey on [participle, present], poured honey on [participle, past], poured honey on [past]
Etymology: A aphorism first quoted by boxing heavyweight Riddick Bowe in a February 1993 edition of New York Magazine: "If you see me in a fight with a bear, do me a favor—pour honey on me”. Later in a 2023 Instagram post by Lebron James: "If you ever see me fighting in the forest with a Grizzly bear, HELP THE BEAR [crown emoji]" to which Shannon Sharpe replied "I'm pouring honey on you GOAT," both referring to a variation on Bowe’s aphorism. An earlier variation by Shannon Sharpe in a Twitter post in 2017: “IF* you see me and a bear fighting pour honey on me and help the bear.” Etymology templates: {{cite tweet|accessdate=15 July 2024|date=16 April 2017|language=en|link=https://twitter.com/ShannonSharpe/status/853812323294658560|number=853812323294658560|title=IF* you see me and a bear fighting pour honey on me and help the bear.|user=ShannonSharpe}} :Template:cite tweet Head templates: {{en-verb|pour<> honey on}} pour honey on (third-person singular simple present pours honey on, present participle pouring honey on, simple past and past participle poured honey on)
  1. (slang, idiomatic, transitive) To praise or encourage wholeheartedly. Wikipedia link: Know Your Meme Tags: idiomatic, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Internet memes, Sports Related terms: glaze, pour honey in one's ear
    Sense id: en-pour_honey_on-en-noun-l28QrdH2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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