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
Mattithiah	-	Biblical
Margrethe	-	Danish, Norwegian
Domhnall	DO-nahl	Scottish, Irish
Haruto	hah-ṙoo-to	Japanese
CecÍLia	-	Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Batya	-	Hebrew