cross someone's palm
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cross someone's palm
verb crosses someone's palm · crossing someone's palm · crossed someone's palm · cross someone's palm with silver
- To pay for goods or a service. For all who cross his palm with silver he condescends to lift the drapery that hides the reclining figure, and the larger the coin the longer the look.
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| Italiano | farsi predire il futuro, elargire denaro, donare |
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| Русский | позолоти́ть ру́чку /lit:gild the hand/ pozolotítʹ rúčku |
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