apple-polisher

apple-polisher

A flatterer. (Apples are a typical gift for teachers.) That kid is always quick to help the teacher with any little thing—what an apple polisher!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

apple-polisher

Fig. a flatterer. Doesn't that wimpy apple-polisher know how stupid he looks? Everybody at my office seems to be an apple-polisher but me.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

apple-polisher

n. a flatterer. Everybody at the office seems to be an apple-polisher but me.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • polisher
  • pickthank
  • cookie pusher
  • pusher
  • kisser
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • (I've) got to go
  • licker