get in (someone's) good books

To ingratiate oneself to someone; to curry favor with someone. Flattery won't work; the only way of getting in his good books is through hard work.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sture	STOO-re (Swedish)	Swedish, Medieval Scandinavian
Bud	BUD	English
Sithembile	-	Southern African, Zulu
Elvira	[el'vaiərə]
Cheftzi-Bah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Yaromil	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)