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oil (someone's)

hand/palm Informal

1. To bribe: an attorney who tried to oil the judge's hand to obtain a favorable verdict.

2. To give a tip to: oiled the porter's palm.

See:

• banana oil
• be as/like oil and water
• be like oil and water
• be no oil painting
• burn the midnight oil
• burning the midnight oil
• castor oil artist
• grease palm
• grease someone's palm
• grease the wheels
• idiot oil
• oil
• oil and water
• oil burner
• oil field trash
• oil it
• oil of angels
• oil the wheels
• oil trash
• oil up
• palm-oil
• pour oil on troubled water
• pour oil on troubled waters
• snake oil
• snake oil salesman
• squeaking wheel gets the oil
• strike it rich
• strike oil
• the squeaky wheel gets the oil
• tongue oil