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
Toros	-	Armenian
Hildegard	HIL-de-gahrt (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic
Loraine	lə-RAYN	English
MiĈJo	MEE-chyo	Esperanto
Rizwana	-	Urdu, Arabic
Dagur	-	Icelandic