lick someone's boots



lick someone's boots

Act with extreme servility, as in This man wanted every employee to lick his boots, so he had a hard time keeping his staff . Shakespeare used this idiom in the form of lick someone's shoe in The Tempest (3:2). [Late 1500s]
See also: boot, lick

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anamarija-Croatian, Macedonian
BaalBAY-əl (English), BAYL (English)Near Eastern Mythology
Pipin-Ancient Germanic
KodyKO-deeEnglish (Modern)
Matthiasmah-TEE-ahs (German), mə-THIE-əs (English)Greek, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Mahon-Irish