flattery will get you nowhere

: the act or practice of flattering

: something that flatters

: insincere or excessive praise

used to express futurity

used to express desire, choice, willingness, consent, or in negative constructions refusal

used to express a command, exhortation, or injunction

: a legal declaration of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of his or her property or estate after death

: desire, wish: such as

: disposition, inclination

: to cause or change by an act of will

: intend, purpose

: decree, ordain

: to gain possession of

: to receive as a return : earn

: to obtain by concession or entreaty

: something begotten:

: offspring

: the entire progeny of a male animal

: a document of release from obligation in Jewish law

: a religious divorce by Jewish law

: the one or ones being addressed — compare thee, thou, ye, your, yours

: one

: not in or at any place

: to no place

: not at all : not to the least extent

: a nonexistent place

: an unknown, distant, or obscure place or state

: of or relating to a remote or relatively unknown location