cross palm with silver

Related to cross palm with silver: cross-purposes, cross off

cross (one's) palm with silver

To pay someone, often as a bribe. Well, if you cross my palm with silver, I might remember a few details about the people you're asking about. I crossed her palm with silver to make sure she won't come after us.

cross someone's palm with silver

Fig. to pay money to someone in payment for a service. (A fortune-teller might ask for a potential customer to cross her palm with silver. Used in that sense or jocularly for something like tipping a porter.) I crossed his palm with silver, but he still stood there. You will find that things happen much faster in hotels if you cross the staff's palms with silver fairly often.

词组	cross palm with silver
释义	cross palm with silver Related to cross palm with silver: cross-purposes, cross off cross (one's) palm with silver To pay someone, often as a bribe. Well, if you cross my palm with silver, I might remember a few details about the people you're asking about. I crossed her palm with silver to make sure she won't come after us. See also: cross, palm, silver Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cross someone's palm with silver Fig. to pay money to someone in payment for a service. (A fortune-teller might ask for a potential customer to cross her palm with silver. Used in that sense or jocularly for something like tipping a porter.) I crossed his palm with silver, but he still stood there. You will find that things happen much faster in hotels if you cross the staff's palms with silver fairly often. See also: cross, palm, silver McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: cross (one's) palm with silver cross someone's palm with silver cross palm cross (one's) palm grease the palm grease the palm of (someone) have (someone) in the palm of (one's) hand have somebody in the palm of your hand have someone in the palm of your hand grease someone's palm/fist, to
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