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Definition of cross someone's palm with silver in English:
cross someone's palm with silver
phrase
humorous
Pay someone for a favour or service, especially before having one's fortune told.
‘we strongly suspect her palm had been crossed with silver in return for her silence’
‘I fall for it every time; who wouldn't - the chance for follicular perfection by just crossing someone's palm with silver.’
‘Some people don't even say thank you, but they do cross my palm with silver, so I can't complain.’
‘Yet, in allowing him to cross his palm with silver - £160,000 pieces to be exact - McDonald became the architect of his own downfall.’
‘‘I will take it,’ she said, fishing in her purse and crossing his palm with silver: ‘Here is the cost of your time.’’
‘I am the gipsy Zara, and if you cross my palm with silver, I will venture to advise you on your adventures.’
‘Allegedly, a great deal more money has since crossed the palms of those in local government, and all of the charges against the owner seem to have been forgotten.’
‘Please now cross my palm with silver, or I'll set that woman on you.’
‘You may get a barman with a seething hatred for you in his steely glare, tempered only lightly if you choose to cross his palm with extra silver.’
‘There are things he could do to make his company more efficient, but he won't do them until someone crosses his palm with silver.’
‘Meanwhile the rest of the world will move ahead, while our country is stuck in the mud because no one can write 1 + 1 = 2 without crossing somebody's palm with silver.’