Idiom Breakdown

kiss someone's ring

//kɪs ˈsʌmwʌnz ɹɪŋ//

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Definition

To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone.

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

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"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."

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