Grease someone's palm
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 11Meaning
To bribe someone
हिंदी अर्थ
मुट्ठी गरम करना
Example sentences
Somebody greased a palm and the file moved in a day.
To grease the palm is illegal and it is not rare.
Daily use: Iska matlab rishwat dena.
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Memory trick · Prashant Sir
Grease से चीज़ें आसानी से फिसलती हैं। किसी की palm (हथेली) में पैसा रखना उसे grease करने जैसा है, ताकि आपका काम फिसलकर निकल जाए। Grease someone's palm यानी रिश्वत देना।
Grease makes things slide easily. Putting money in someone's palm is like greasing it so that your work slides through. To grease someone's palm is to bribe them.
Exam note
बार-बार पूछा गया idiom: answer ‘to bribe’ है; ‘an itching palm’ का मतलब पैसे का लालच है, दोनों को न मिलाएँ।
A frequently asked idiom: the answer is ‘to bribe’; ‘an itching palm’ means greed for money, so do not mix the two.