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!
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.
apple-polisher
n. a flatterer. Everybody at the office seems to be an apple-polisher but me.