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
Osee	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Jeannine	zha-NEEN (French), jə-NEEN (English)	French, English
Zhannochka	-	Russian
Clementius	-	Late Roman
Josif	-	Serbian, Macedonian
Nanette	na-NET	English