earn brownie points



earn/get brownie points

  (informal)
to get praise or approval for something you have done I thought I might get some brownie points by helping to organize the party.
See also: brownie, earn, point

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lutfi-Arabic, Indonesian
Esmeraldaes-me-RAHL-dah (Spanish), esh-mə-RAL-də (Portuguese), ez-mə-RAHL-də (English)Spanish, Portuguese, English, Literature
CalebKAY-ləb (English)English, Biblical
KevynKEV-inEnglish (Rare)
Navin-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Nasir-Arabic