英语词汇“to grease the palm”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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. D4^v What should we (quoth I) grease the fat sow in thars.

1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 26^v 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 Y^e shavelynges..dare not abide to be greaced in the handes.

1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. B3^v 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.

单词	to grease the palm
释义	> as lemmas to grease the palm 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. D4^v What should we (quoth I) grease the fat sow in thars. 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 26^v 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 Y^e shavelynges..dare not abide to be greaced in the handes. 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. B3^v 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. extracted from greasev. < as lemmas
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