good graces, to be/get in one's
good graces, to be/get in one's
To insinuate oneself into favor, to ingratiate oneself. “Good graces” has meant the condition or act of being favored since the fifteenth century and appears throughout English literature. The seventeenth-century diarist John Evelyn wrote (Memoirs, 1675), “A sprightly young lady much in the good graces of the family.”
See also: get, good
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- for (one's) (own) sake
- for sake
- wash (one's) hands of (someone or something)
- wash hands of
- wash one's hands of
- wash your hands of
- wash your hands of somebody/something
- wash your hands of something/someone
- keep in sight
- keep sight of somebody/something