be in sb's good/bad books
C2 If you are in someone's good/bad books, they are pleased/not pleased with you:
He's in Melanie's bad books because he arrived two hours late.
I cleaned the bathroom yesterday so I'm in Mum's good books.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liked, or not liked, by many people
- acquire
- an acquired taste idiom
- be the new rock and roll idiom
- be welcome to idiom
- consider
- cross
- gain
- golden boy/girl
- killer app
- lose
- lose ground idiom
- must-have
- out on a limb idiom
- pack
- pop
- top-rated
- undesirable
- unlovable
- unpopular
- unwanted
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