English Dictionary

mutual admiration society

名詞

軽蔑的 慣用表現

(idiomatic, derogatory) A group of two or more people, in a workplace or other social environment, who routinely express considerable esteem and support for one another, sometimes to the point of exaggeration or pretense.

日本語の意味

（比喩的かつ批判的なニュアンスで）お互いに過剰に賞賛しあう集団、または互いに自画自賛し合うグループ / （活用的には）仲間同士で常に称賛や支持を表し合うことで、自意識的なサークルや集団

The department meeting felt less like a strategy session and more like a mutual admiration society, with everyone praising each other's minor achievements.

部の会議は戦略会議というよりも、お互いを持ち上げ合うだけの集団のようで、誰もが互いの些細な成果を称賛していた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, derogatory) A group of two or more people, in a workplace or other social environment, who routinely express considerable esteem and support for one another, sometimes to the point of exaggeration or pretense.

Those two are incessantly flattering one another. They've formed an utterly nauseating mutual admiration society!

mutual admiration societies （ plural ）