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
Radmila	-	Serbian, Croatian, Czech
Jaidev	-	Indian, Hindi
ZahİDe	-	Turkish
Hossein	-	Persian
Addie	['ædi]
Beatrise	-	Latvian