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
Leofsige	-	Anglo-Saxon
Oskar	AWS-kahr (German, Polish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish
Sibyl	SIB-əl	English
Hachirou	hah-chee-ṙo:	Japanese
Kala (1)	-	Tamil
Willoughby	WIL-ə-bee	English (Rare)