| 单词 | to grease in the hands |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto grease (a person) in the hands b. To ply with money, to bribe; also, †to enrich; originally in phrases to grease (a person's) hand (also palm), †to grease (a person) in the hands, to grease the palm, to grease the fist. (Cf. French graisser la patte à quelqu'un.) to grease the fat pig (also sow)(figurative): to give to those who do not want. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (intransitive)] > give to those who do not lack to grease the fat pig (also sow)1528 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (intransitive)] > practise bribery to grease (a person's) hand (also palm)1528 to anoint a person's hand1542 bribe1547 whiddlec1661 to mollify the fist1698 boodle1887 to oil a person's palm1925 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe meedOE underorna1325 corrump1387 forbuy1393 hirec1400 wage1461 fee1487 under-arearc1503 bribe1528 grease1528 money1528 corrupt1548 budc1565 to feed with money1567 to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580 sweeten1594 to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598 over-bribe1619 to buy off1629 palter1641 to take off1646 buy1652 overmoneya1661 bub1684 to speak to ——1687 to tickle in the palm1694 daub1699 overbuy1710 touch1752 palm1767 to get at ——1780 fix1790 subsidize1793 sop1837 to buy over1848 backsheesh1850 nobble1856 square1859 hippodrome1866 see1867 boodleize1883 boodle1886 to get to ——1901 reach1906 straighten1923 lubricate1928 to keep (someone) sweet1939 sling1939 to pay off1942 bung1950 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. c viii With rewardes they must hym greace. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Bii Wyth golde and grotes they grese my hande. 1562 J. Heywood Dial. Prov. i. xi. sig. D4v What should we (quoth I) grease the fat sow in thars. 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 26v How husbandry easeth, so huswiferie pleaseth, and many pursse greaseth with siluer and golde. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 400 b Ye shavelynges..dare not abide to be greaced in the handes. 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. B3v The Pope and Popelings shall not grease themselues With golde and groates. 1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 6 While pluralities greas'd them thick and deepe. 1651 A. Wood Life Aug. (1891) I. 178 His engineer was greased in the fist. 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 178 To grease a fat sow on the A… 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 249 I greas'd the Goaler..with three Pieces of Eight. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue To grease a fat sow in the arse, to give to a rich man. 1791 J. Wolcot Wks. (1794) I. 287 ‘And then why vore?’ the peepel rail:— ‘To greaze a vat ould pig in the tail—Old Weymouth o' Long Leat.’ 1807 E. S. Barrett Rising Sun III. 42 You would imply that, if we were greased in the palm, we should, like them, be ready to turn a courtier. 1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 294 In Persia, justice, though at times very blind, is never slow unless her palm is greased. 1923 Daily Mail 7 Aug. 8/6 These instances of extravagance, which seem to recall the old saying of greasing the fat pig. < as lemmas |
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