kiss someone's ring

动词 v.
英 /kɪs ˈsʌmwʌnz ɹɪŋ/    美 /kɪs ˈsʌmwʌnz ɹɪŋ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone. idiomatic
    — 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 and kissed their rings and they in return had sneered at him behind his back.

词形变化

kisses someone's ring present,singular,third-person kissing someone's ring participle,present kissed someone's ring participle,past kissed someone's ring past kiss the ring alternative

词源

An allusion to a traditional manner of expressing obediance to a bishop (especially the pope) or king.
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