英语词汇“grease someone's palm”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

Idiom

grease someone's palm and oil someone's palm

Theme: BRIBERY

to bribe someone. (Slang.)

If you want to get something done around here, you have to grease someone's palm.I'd never oil a police officer's palm. That's illegal.

Slang

grease someone's palm

Theme: BRIBERY

tr. to pay someone a bribe.

I had to grease the clerk's palm in order to get the job done.Are you trying to grease my palm?

grease (one's) palm

To bribe one discreetly, as by slipping money into their palm. A: "How are we going to get a table without a reservation?" B: "Don't worry, I greased the hostess' palm, and she promised us a table in no time." I greased my brother's palm to stop him from telling Mom that I had a party while she was away.

grease someone's palm

Also, oil someone's palm or hand . Give someone money in exchange for a favor; also, bribe someone. For example, If you want you luggage to make the plane, be sure to grease the porter's palm. This term uses grease in the sense of "enrich." [First half of 1500s]

grease someone's palm

If someone greases an official's palm, they secretly give money to the official in order to get something that they want. She thought she would not be able to see the files if she did not grease the palms of officials. At the docks my grandfather would grease the palm of some sailor to show us round his ship. Note: You can describe this activity as palm-greasing. Palm-greasing for just about anything from entry to a favoured school to obtaining a bank loan is considered a fact of life here. Note: The idea behind this expression is that grease and oil help machines work smoothly. In the same way, bribing people will make it easier to get what you want.

grease (or oil) someone's palm

bribe someone. informal

This phrase comes from the practice of applying grease to a machine to make it run smoothly. The same expression exists in French as graisser la patte . The form with palm is now predominant but hand appears in the earliest recorded versions of the idiom, dating from the 16th century.

1998 Economist Licences to run a shop [in Italy]…have caused many an official's palm to be greased.

词汇	grease someone's palm
释义	Idiom grease someone's palm and oil someone's palm Theme: BRIBERY to bribe someone. (Slang.) If you want to get something done around here, you have to grease someone's palm.I'd never oil a police officer's palm. That's illegal. Slang grease someone's palm Theme: BRIBERY tr. to pay someone a bribe. I had to grease the clerk's palm in order to get the job done.Are you trying to grease my palm? Idiom grease someone's palmgrease (someone's) palm to give money to someone in authority in order to persuade them to do something for you, especially something wrong. Drug barons were greasing the palm of the chief of police. grease (one's) palm To bribe one discreetly, as by slipping money into their palm. A: "How are we going to get a table without a reservation?" B: "Don't worry, I greased the hostess' palm, and she promised us a table in no time." I greased my brother's palm to stop him from telling Mom that I had a party while she was away. grease someone's palm Also, oil someone's palm or hand . Give someone money in exchange for a favor; also, bribe someone. For example, If you want you luggage to make the plane, be sure to grease the porter's palm. This term uses grease in the sense of "enrich." [First half of 1500s] grease someone's palm If someone greases an official's palm, they secretly give money to the official in order to get something that they want. She thought she would not be able to see the files if she did not grease the palms of officials. At the docks my grandfather would grease the palm of some sailor to show us round his ship. Note: You can describe this activity as palm-greasing. Palm-greasing for just about anything from entry to a favoured school to obtaining a bank loan is considered a fact of life here. Note: The idea behind this expression is that grease and oil help machines work smoothly. In the same way, bribing people will make it easier to get what you want. grease (or oil) someone's palm bribe someone. informal This phrase comes from the practice of applying grease to a machine to make it run smoothly. The same expression exists in French as graisser la patte . The form with palm is now predominant but hand appears in the earliest recorded versions of the idiom, dating from the 16th century. 1998 Economist Licences to run a shop [in Italy]…have caused many an official's palm to be greased.
随便看	join forces with one join forces (with one) join forces with somebody join forces with someone join forces with them join forces with us join forces with you join hands join hands with join hands with someone join in JOINING joining joining battle joining battle with joining forces joining hands joining in joining issue joining the dots joining the majority joining the ranks joining the ranks of joining up joining up the dots 大观发电厂台湾特有生物研究保育中心台湾特有生物研究保育中心沉潭荷花田陶工房藏伞阁文化休闲园区光远灯笼观光工厂游山茶访茶文化馆嘉南八卦窑慈恩塔日月潭慈恩塔朱瞻墺朱砂担滴水浮沤记朱碧山朱祁钰朱祁镇朱祐朱祐极朱祐枟朱祐枢朱祐梈四川三苏祠博物馆游玩指南成都有哪些特色名菜？2021成都100道名菜成都好吃的火锅店推荐，成都火锅店排名前十名的店成都太古里有什么好吃的，成都太古里美食攻略绍兴70名病例与一生鲜超市有关今冬第五轮大范围寒潮来了 31省区市新增本土确诊56例浙江44例广东新增本土确诊2例，在广州和东莞木格措风景区免门票？2021木格措风景区免门票时间木格措门票多少钱一个人，2021木格措风景区门票价格金陵饭店梅苑餐厅稻香楼粤鸿和(江宁总店) 金家鸭店(户部街店) 渔民海鲜馆嘉凤缘宴会厅金鹰大酒楼(汉中路店) 华盈国际酒店香榭厅春水塘土菜馆青龙山庄酒店