kiss someone's ring
/kɪs ˈsʌmwʌnz ɹɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- ""[…] 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 diva kisses your ring.""
- "Betsy eats up the attention like a bobbysoxer at an Elvis concert. It won't be long before Luca will have them kissing his ring."
Etymology
An allusion to a traditional manner of expressing obediance to a bishop (especially the pope) or king.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɪs ˈsʌmwʌnz ɹɪŋ/
- British English: /kɪs ˈsʌmwʌnz ɹɪŋ/