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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Simo	SEE-mo (Finnish)	Finnish, Serbian
Alonso	[a'ltmzau]
Edgar	ED-gər (English), ed-GAHR (French)	English, French
LÁZaro	LAH-zah-ro	Spanish
Veronica	və-RAHN-i-kə (English)	English, Italian, Romanian, Late Roman
Heber (1)	-	Irish