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
Kenrick	KEN-rik	English (Rare)
Benedikte	-	Danish, Norwegian
Theodore	THEE-ə-dawr	English
Kallistrate	-	Ancient Greek
Dinis	dee-NEES (Portuguese), jee-NEES (Brazilian Portuguese)	Portuguese
Themistocles	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)