lick somebody’s boots

成語所屬單字boot

lick somebody’s boots — 慣用語

1. To show too much respect to someone in authority in order to please them.

1.慣用語
釋義

拍馬屁

To show too much respect to someone in authority in order to please them.

例句

The intern was always licking the boss's boots for a promotion.

I refuse to lick anyone's boots just to get ahead.