'Succeed in the eyes of' synonym

[E. F. G.]

Hello, I am looking for a some kind of synonym for 'succeed in the eyes of'.
For example like in the sentence 'He will succeed in the eyes of somebody'.
I found "Behold, two kings stood not before him. How then shall we stand?” in the Bible (2 Kings 10:4) but as a non-native English speaker I am not sure of its usage. Could I use 'He will stand before them' not in the sense of literally standing somewhere?

Thank you.

 

[natkretep]

'In the eyes of somebody' simply means 'from somebody's point of view' or 'from somebody's perspective'.

'Stand before somebody' is mainly used literally, I think, and is unrelated to the first phrase.

 

[Chez]

You seem to have two completely different questions, which need to be in different threads, please.

To answer your second question, I would interpret it as:

Look, those two Kings didn't stay standing when they saw/spoke to him (I assume this means: they knelt down); so how can we stand before him (we aren't even kings, so we should definitely kneel).

 

[E. F. G.]

OK, thank you, now I know that "to stand before someone" is probably not the right option (English translation of the Bible is slightly different from the Czech translation).
However, I am still looking for a phrase which expresses something like "to succeed in the eyes of somebody" or rather "to be judged as acceptable/worthy by someone".
Thank you for your posts.

 

[Cagey]

Please give us the sentence in which you would use this phrase.

An aside: "To succeed in the eyes of" is acceptable English. Why do you need a different phrase?

 

[E. F. G.]

For example the sentence "He is not sure how he will succeed in their eyes."
I am searching for a phrase in wich would not be included exactly the word "eyes". And I am also looking for a verb which is similar to "to succeed" but which has a slightly different meaning, something like "to stand up" or "to stack up".
Thank you very much.

 

[dermott]

"He is not sure how he will succeed in their view" is a possible alternative. I don't know why you want to avoid eyes either.

Stand up and stack up don't mean succeed, which is a problem.

 

[E. F. G.]

Thanks, I would like to use something like "to succeed before them" or "to succeed by them" (These phrases are probably not grammatically correct, or are they?) but I don't know how to express it.
To "to stand up" and "to stack up to": that is mabye the problem with a Czech dictionary. However, I am looking for something like "to succeed" in the sense of for example "to be judged as acceptable/worthy by someone".
Thank you for your posts.

 

[dermott]

Well, staying with the bones of your original sentence, "He is not sure whether he will be judged acceptable in their view". It's a bit ropey but does the job.