kiss someone's ring

Meaning: (idiomatic)To giverespectorreverenceto someone; toexpressservitudeto someone.Synonyms:kiss someone's hem,touch the hem of someone's garment2011,Mark Mills, chapter 9, inHouse of the Hanged, London:HarperCollins,→ISBN;House of the Hunted: A Novel, 1st U.S. edition, New York, N.Y.:Random House,2011,→ISBN,page106:The friendship had faltered during their first year at Oxford, when Barnaby had turned jester-in-chief to a pride of strutting young peacocks with titles and country estates. He had made them laugh andkissed their ringsand they in return had sneered at him behind his back.2012November, Nikki Carter, chapter 15, inTime to Shine: A Fab Life Novel, New York, N.Y.: Dafina KTeen Books,Kensington Publishing Corp.,→ISBN,page147:"[…] We're taking over and running this industry. Every other label is gonna have to bow down." / "What about Mystique?" Dreya asks. "Is she gonna have to bow down too?" / "It's only a matter of time," Evan says. "If I don't do anything else in this industry, I'm gonna make sure that divakisses your ring."2014, Bob Rockwell, “Blood on the Carpet”, inA Slightly Better World,[Morrisville, N.C.?]: Desert Wind Books,→ISBN,page27:Betsy eats up the attention like a bobbysoxer at an Elvis concert. It won't be long before Luca will have themkissing his ring.

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