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.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
oil someone's palm — To bribe someone • • • Main Entry: ↑oil … Useful english dictionary
palm — I. /pam / (say pahm) noun 1. that part of the inner surface of the hand which extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. 2. the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal. 3. the part of a glove covering the palm. 4. a metal shield… …
palm — palm1 /pahm/, n. 1. the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. 2. the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal. 3. the part of a glove covering this part of the hand. 4. Also called… … Universalium
palm — {{11}}palm (n.1) flat of the hand, c.1300, from O.Fr. palme, from L. palma palm of the hand, from PIE *pela to spread out, flat (Cf. Gk. palame open hand, O.Ir. lam, Welsh llaw, O.E. folm, O.H.G. folma hand, Skt … Etymology dictionary
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palm — 1. an indication of bribery The hand of the recipient is upturned: You yourself Are much condemn d to have an itching palm. (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar) Whence to anoint a palm, to bribe, and many punning terms for bribery such as… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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grease — [n] fat animal oil, drippings, lard, lubricant, oil, tallow, vegetable oil; concepts 723,734 grease [v1] lubricate anoint, butter, oil, slick; concept 202 grease [v2] bribe buy off, corrupt, do business*, entice, fix*, influence, oil someone … New thesaurus
grease — greaseless, adj. greaselessness, n. greaseproof, adj. n. /grees/; v. /grees, greez/, n., v., greased, greasing. n. 1. the melted or rendered fat of animals, esp. when in a soft state. 2. fatty or oily matter in general; lubricant. 3. Also called… … Universalium
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Grease — may refer to: * Grease (lubricant), a type of industrial lubricant * Yellow grease, in rendering, used frying oils, or lower quality grades of tallow * Petroleum or fat that is a soft solid at room temperature * Hydrogenated vegetable oil… … Wikipedia
