kiss (one's) feet

figurative To grovel or otherwise try to gain favor. The professor isn't going to give you an A, so you might as well stop kissing his feet.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Josiah	jo-SIE-ə (English)	Biblical, English
Kenna	-	Scottish
Zackary	ZAK-ə-ree	English
Yngve	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Melitta	me-LI-tah (German)	Ancient Greek, German
Stefek	-	Polish