fish for compliments

Translations
ловить комплименты
She was fishing for compliments after she finished her presentation.
Она ловила комплименты после того, как закончила свою презентацию.
Definitions
To seek or fish for compliments means to try to elicit praise or admiration from others, often in a subtle or indirect way.
Words
fish

verb
выпрашивать
for

preposition
ради
compliments

noun
комплиментов