英语词组palm off是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

palm offpalm off (something)

to trick or persuade someone to take something.

They palmed off cheap wine at high prices by putting it in fancy bottles.She produced fake stamps and palmed them off as genuine.

Related vocabulary: fob something off on someone

Phr V

palm off

palms, palming, palmed

palm off sb or palm sb off

to give someone an explanation for something that is not true but which you hope will satisfy themusually + with

I feel I've just been palmed off with a series of excuses.

palm (something) off (on one) (as something else)

To discard something unwanted by giving or selling it to one (under the pretense of it being something else). There are always guys palming off cheap watches as Rolexes in this part of town. She tried to palm the hardest part of the assignment off on me as some kind of special challenge. Don't palm your chores off on me—I have my own to do.

palm someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something)

and pass someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something); pawn someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something)

Fig. to give someone or something to someone as a gift that appears to be someone or something desirable. (As if the gift had been concealed in one's palm until it was gotten rid of.) Are you trying to palm that annoying client off on me as a hot prospect? Don't palm off that pest on me. Please don't pass that problem off on me as a challenge. Don't pass it off on me! Don't pawn it off on me as something of value.

palm off

Pass off by deception, substitute with intent to deceive, as in The salesman tried to palm off a zircon as a diamond, or The producer tried to palm her off as a star from the Metropolitan Opera. This expression alludes to concealing something in the palm of one's hand. It replaced the earlier palm on in the early 1800s.

palm off

To get rid of or dispose of something by fraud or deception; fob off: The crooked merchant palmed off a lot of fake diamonds before being caught. Someone tried to palm some old coins off on me yesterday, saying they were rare and valuable.

palm off, to

To pass off fraudulently. The term comes from the practice of concealing in one’s palm what one pretends to dispose of in some other way. At first (seventeenth century) it was put as to palm on or upon. Charles Lamb, in one of his Elia essays (1822), used the modern version: “Have you not tried to palm off a yesterday’s pun?”

词组	palm off
释义	Idiom palm offpalm off (something) to trick or persuade someone to take something. They palmed off cheap wine at high prices by putting it in fancy bottles.She produced fake stamps and palmed them off as genuine. Related vocabulary: fob something off on someone Phr V palm off palms, palming, palmed palm off sb or palm sb off to give someone an explanation for something that is not true but which you hope will satisfy themusually + with I feel I've just been palmed off with a series of excuses. phrasepalm off palm sb off • palm off sb to give someone an explanation or excuse that is not true, but that you hope they will accept+ with Clark tried to palm her off with excuses about working late, but deep down she knew that he was having an affair. Brooks accused the Prime Minister of palming off the British people with a phoney version of the truth.■ SIMILAR TO: fob off palm (something) off (on one) (as something else) To discard something unwanted by giving or selling it to one (under the pretense of it being something else). There are always guys palming off cheap watches as Rolexes in this part of town. She tried to palm the hardest part of the assignment off on me as some kind of special challenge. Don't palm your chores off on me—I have my own to do. palm someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something) and pass someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something); pawn someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something) Fig. to give someone or something to someone as a gift that appears to be someone or something desirable. (As if the gift had been concealed in one's palm until it was gotten rid of.) Are you trying to palm that annoying client off on me as a hot prospect? Don't palm off that pest on me. Please don't pass that problem off on me as a challenge. Don't pass it off on me! Don't pawn it off on me as something of value. palm off Pass off by deception, substitute with intent to deceive, as in The salesman tried to palm off a zircon as a diamond, or The producer tried to palm her off as a star from the Metropolitan Opera. This expression alludes to concealing something in the palm of one's hand. It replaced the earlier palm on in the early 1800s. palm off v. To get rid of or dispose of something by fraud or deception; fob off: The crooked merchant palmed off a lot of fake diamonds before being caught. Someone tried to palm some old coins off on me yesterday, saying they were rare and valuable. palm off, to To pass off fraudulently. The term comes from the practice of concealing in one’s palm what one pretends to dispose of in some other way. At first (seventeenth century) it was put as to palm on or upon. Charles Lamb, in one of his Elia essays (1822), used the modern version: “Have you not tried to palm off a yesterday’s pun?”
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