Answer to exercises on Hold Your Horses!

Answers:
1. B  Chinese people use 拍马屁 (pāimǎpì) to mean flattering someone excessively.
2. A  If someone is a bootlicker, you can call him or her 马屁精 (mǎpìjīng).
3. C  下马威 (xiàmǎwēi) functions as a noun and is always used with the verb 给 (gěi), meaning “to give.”

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