lick boots

lick somebody's boots

(informal)

to try too hard to please someone important I'm not prepared to lick someone's boots to get a promotion.

To behave in a servile or obsequious manner toward someone.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eshe	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Saana	-	Finnish
Tiwlip	-	Welsh
FevzİYe	-	Turkish
Cornelius	kər-NEE-lee-əs (English), kawr-NAY-lee-us (Dutch), kawr-NE-lee-uws (German)	Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
GastÓN	-	Spanish