grease (someone's) palm
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Пример использования идиомы grease (someone's) palm:
Sue hated bribery, but she had to grease the palm of the clerk to have her passport renewed as soon as possible.
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Другие идиомы:
- palm off (something)
- have (someone) eating out of (the palm of) your hand
- cross (someone's) palm with silver
- all thumbs
- armpit of (somewhere)
- bite one's nails
- closefisted (with money)
- come/go away empty-handed
- control (someone) with an iron fist
- elbow (someone) out of (something)
- someone's fingerprints are on (something)
- give (someone or something) the thumbs up
- hang on by one's fingernails
- hard on (someone's) heels
- iron fist in a velvet glove