apple polisher

I think you'd better proof your post, Itasan. In any case, it is (also) AmE, known more crudely as a brown-noser.

Yes, thank you for letting me that. I should have written:

LDCE says it is AmE.
If so, what is the British equivalent?

I didn't understand the original phrase at all, I would have taken it with the literal meaning. But thanks to the last post I now know that this is what we in Brit land also call a brown noser.

I didn't understand the original phrase at all, I would have taken it with the literal meaning. But thanks to the last post I now know that this is what we in Brit land also call a brown noser. There is another phrase as well but I think the censor on here will blank it if in oneword - a rse licker?

Thank you very much, nona.

To nona the brit
Is that what (AmE) apple polisher really means? I've never heard the expression.

We use the latter expression in Persian as well! Interesting. (Not the expression, of course!)

I'm only taking Mr Mac's word for it.

Quick definitions (apple polisher)

noun: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect

ap·ple-pol·ish ( (missing image) p (missing image) (missing image) l-p (missing image) l (missing image) (missing image) sh) Informal
v. ap·ple-pol·ished, ap·ple-pol·ish·in

**** licker

Thank you. I have heard that the American equivalent is '*** kisser'. Is that correct?