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
- polisher
- pickthank
- cookie pusher
- pusher
- kisser
- on one's
- on someone's
- (I've) got to go
- licker