being liked by her, doing what she likes If you are in her good graces, you will be invited to her tea party.
in (one's) acceptable graces
In one's favor; accepting becoming one's approval or regard. John's been in my acceptable graces anytime aback he helped get me out of debt.I was absolutely not in Mary's acceptable graces for a while afterwards I absent her cat.Learn more: good, grace
*in someone's acceptable graces
Fig. in acceptable with someone; in someone's favor. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I'm not in her acceptable graces so I shouldn't be the one to ask her.Learn more: good, grace
in someone's acceptable graces
Also, in someone's acceptable books; in the acceptable graces of. In someone's favor or acceptable opinion, as in Ruth is aback in her mother's acceptable graces, or Bill is afraid to get in the boss's acceptable books, or She was consistently in the acceptable graces of whoever happened to be in charge. The use of good grace dates from the 1400s, grace alluding to the action of actuality favored; good books dates from the aboriginal 1800s. One antithesis is out of someone's acceptable graces, as in Walking out on his accent got him out of the professor's acceptable graces. Another is in someone's bad graces. Learn more: good, graceLearn more:
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