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
Venla	VEN-lah	Finnish
Valter	-	Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Slovene, Croatian, Estonian
Nathanahel	-	Biblical Latin
Mihammad	-	Arabic
Zhelimir	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Carey	KER-ee	Irish, English