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
Ursula	UR-sə-lə (English), UR-syə-lə (English), OOR-soo-lah (Finnish)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, Late Roman
Bolton	['bəultən]
WŁOdek	VWAW-dek	Polish
Cleopatra	[kliə'pa:trə]
Sidney	SID-nee	English
Eckehard	E-ke-hahrt	German