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
ÁLmos	AHL-mosh	Hungarian
Herod	HER-əd (English)	Biblical
Calvin	['kælvin]
Gleason	['gli:sən]
Ljubomir	-	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Mikki	MIK-ee	English