grease someone’s palm



grease someone’s palm

tv. to pay someone a bribe. I had to grease the clerk’s palm in order to get the job done.
See also: grease, palm

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Brooke[bru:k]
Varvaravahr-VAH-rah (Russian)Russian, Greek, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Sabinasah-BEE-nah (Italian, Spanish, Polish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Ancient Roman
Columbako-LOOM-ba (Late Roman), kə-LUM-bə (English)Late Roman
NicolÁSnee-ko-LAHSSpanish
Othmar-German, Czech, Ancient Germanic