bow and scrape

Meaning

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. (broadly, idiomatic) To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.

Noun

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

Synonyms

affable

prostrate

fall on one’s knees

Translations

katzbuckeln

Kratzfüße machen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌbaʊ ən ˈskɹeɪp/