（拉拢吹拍） exchange flattery and favours; ramble; traffic in flattery and favours; resort to boasting, flattery and touting; traffic in mutual flattery and commendation; resort to mutual boosting and flattery; flatter and tout each other
（闲谈瞎扯） (of at least two persons) talk of anything that occurs to them; switching to another topic as one chooses; drag in irrelevant matters