forelock-tugging

A show of excessive deference toward someone in a superior position. I hate being in meetings with the CEO because then I have to witness all of the managers' forelock-tugging.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

catch a tiger by the tail
chain of command
bring (someone) to heel
bring someone to heel
bring to heel
call (someone) to heel
blame for

References in periodicals archive

I'd tell them that if they ever made a name for themselves as a professional serf, they would be viewed as an ingratiating flunky, a grovelling hanger-on, a forelock-tugging, cap-doffing, knee-bending, toilet-seat wiping, embarrassment to the human race.

Grovelling Burrell's a self-serfing leech

The joke was on the LTA, England and many a forelock-tugging commentator.

Tennis: Old dears get serious dose of Henmania; Out Of His Box

I DIDN'T go to last year's State Opening of Parliament - I was busy campaigning against tuition fees and didn't much fancy a day of forelock-tugging with Liz, Phil and the Windsors.

TOMMY SHERIDAN THE RADICAL VOICE OF POLITICS; PLAYING GAMES WITH OUR CASH

Well, the days of cap-doffing and forelock-tugging are over and Cameron is exposed as the charlatan he is.

Voice of the Daily Mirror: Cameron's past a joke

Football has that servile, forelock-tugging dirge to monarchy, but cricket has an anthem to justice, freedom and green rolling hills.

Tony Parsons: A united nation can march to Jerusalem

This is forelock-tugging and an insult to the people of this country."

NOW HE'S GONE TOTALLY LOGO; Steel blows pounds 20,000 copying Westminster badge

- so all this palaver, coupled with the forelock-tugging narration of Alan Titchmarsh (left) borders on the deranged.

We Love Telly!: A YEAR AT KEW BBC2, 8pm

The approach was more informal, less stuffy, more in keeping with the Scottish mood of politeness but never forelock-tugging deference.

HM THE QUEEN ..1 CITIZEN ALEX ..0; SNP's Salmond upstaged by royal star performance

Thorpe claims England were railroaded into fulfilling the tour nobody wants - nobody, that is, except forelock-tugging chiefs at the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Cricket: Just not cricket

And young Scots, who've grown up facing the harsh realities of the REAL world, scoff at any forelock-tugging.

RECORD VIEW; Change or it's the end for Windsors

"It is a building that is ingrained with 19th-century power relationships, and with a historical cap-doffing, forelock-tugging culture.

MPs criticise plans to spend [pounds sterling]1.5bn on building temporary House of Commons; There's an agreement that the Houses of Parliament need to be repaired, even if it costs billions of pounds, but do MPs need a brand new temporary building?

| DESPITE the habitual forelock-tugging drivel spouted by the BBC's Royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell, I sort of sympathised when he dried up in front of the cameras concerning the Archie incarnation.

So, just who will inspire Tory electorate to get out and vote? Joe Riley keeping a watching brief on the world at large MY SHOUT

Ashley's remains a landlord let his down And don't anyone DARE dedicate the three points in midweek to him in thanks as Alan Pardew once unbelievably did with a rush of forelock-tugging.

As we walk in a winter wonderland let me offer a warning ... one glorious day of singing and signing does not herald the end of our torture

"My dog could have won a better deal than those forelock-tugging drones we sent out to battle Brussels" Jeremy Paxman.

QUOTES OF THE DAY

There are plenty of grovelling, sycophantic, forelock-tugging papers and celebrity magazines happy to give attention to that "other" lot, who haven't exactly been short of attention or media coverage over the last few weeks and months.

Keep it real.. Letters.

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释义	forelock-tugging forelock-tugging A show of excessive deference toward someone in a superior position. I hate being in meetings with the CEO because then I have to witness all of the managers' forelock-tugging. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: catch a tiger by the tail chain of command bring (someone) to heel bring someone to heel bring to heel call (someone) to heel blame for References in periodicals archive I'd tell them that if they ever made a name for themselves as a professional serf, they would be viewed as an ingratiating flunky, a grovelling hanger-on, a forelock-tugging, cap-doffing, knee-bending, toilet-seat wiping, embarrassment to the human race. Grovelling Burrell's a self-serfing leech The joke was on the LTA, England and many a forelock-tugging commentator. Tennis: Old dears get serious dose of Henmania; Out Of His Box I DIDN'T go to last year's State Opening of Parliament - I was busy campaigning against tuition fees and didn't much fancy a day of forelock-tugging with Liz, Phil and the Windsors. TOMMY SHERIDAN THE RADICAL VOICE OF POLITICS; PLAYING GAMES WITH OUR CASH Well, the days of cap-doffing and forelock-tugging are over and Cameron is exposed as the charlatan he is. Voice of the Daily Mirror: Cameron's past a joke Football has that servile, forelock-tugging dirge to monarchy, but cricket has an anthem to justice, freedom and green rolling hills. Tony Parsons: A united nation can march to Jerusalem This is forelock-tugging and an insult to the people of this country." NOW HE'S GONE TOTALLY LOGO; Steel blows pounds 20,000 copying Westminster badge - so all this palaver, coupled with the forelock-tugging narration of Alan Titchmarsh (left) borders on the deranged. We Love Telly!: A YEAR AT KEW BBC2, 8pm The approach was more informal, less stuffy, more in keeping with the Scottish mood of politeness but never forelock-tugging deference. HM THE QUEEN ..1 CITIZEN ALEX ..0; SNP's Salmond upstaged by royal star performance Thorpe claims England were railroaded into fulfilling the tour nobody wants - nobody, that is, except forelock-tugging chiefs at the England and Wales Cricket Board. Cricket: Just not cricket And young Scots, who've grown up facing the harsh realities of the REAL world, scoff at any forelock-tugging. RECORD VIEW; Change or it's the end for Windsors "It is a building that is ingrained with 19th-century power relationships, and with a historical cap-doffing, forelock-tugging culture. MPs criticise plans to spend [pounds sterling]1.5bn on building temporary House of Commons; There's an agreement that the Houses of Parliament need to be repaired, even if it costs billions of pounds, but do MPs need a brand new temporary building? \| DESPITE the habitual forelock-tugging drivel spouted by the BBC's Royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell, I sort of sympathised when he dried up in front of the cameras concerning the Archie incarnation. So, just who will inspire Tory electorate to get out and vote? Joe Riley keeping a watching brief on the world at large MY SHOUT Ashley's remains a landlord let his down And don't anyone DARE dedicate the three points in midweek to him in thanks as Alan Pardew once unbelievably did with a rush of forelock-tugging. As we walk in a winter wonderland let me offer a warning ... one glorious day of singing and signing does not herald the end of our torture "My dog could have won a better deal than those forelock-tugging drones we sent out to battle Brussels" Jeremy Paxman. QUOTES OF THE DAY There are plenty of grovelling, sycophantic, forelock-tugging papers and celebrity magazines happy to give attention to that "other" lot, who haven't exactly been short of attention or media coverage over the last few weeks and months. Keep it real.. Letters.
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