Apple Polisher (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The new employee was such an apple polisher, always agreeing with the boss's ideas and laughing at his jokes, even when they weren't funny.
- His coworkers resented him for being an apple polisher, always trying to curry favor with the management by doing their chores for them.
- The politician was accused of being an apple polisher for his excessive praise of the party leader during the campaign.
- She was seen as an apple polisher by her peers for always volunteering to do tasks that were clearly beneath her.
- The student was an apple polisher, always sucking up to the teacher by asking irrelevant questions and pretending to be interested in the lesson.