name-dropping
扬名,点名,点名批评,扬名立万
Definitions
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- : the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.
Examples
The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.
“Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.
Aviation experts across the world experienced severe jaw dropping at this news.
Yet, for god knows what reason, his name is never brought up in the “Great American Filmmaker” conversation.
A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
First a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.
Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
"It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.
"Garnache," came the other's crisp, metallic voice, and the name had a sound as of an oath on his lips.