bow and scrape

Verb

 * 1) To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
 * 2)  To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
 * 3) * 1988 March 27, Newgate Callendar, "Crime" (book review of The Vulgar Boatman by William G. Tapply), New York Times (retrieved 25 Nov 2012) :
 * But he is not one of those lawyers who bow and scrape before wealthy clients. He will not be pushed around.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * French:,  ,  ,
 * Polish: bić pokłony
 * Russian:

Noun

 * 1) A deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.

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