Cross (someone's) Palm With Silver Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Cross (someone's) Palm With Silver Idiom mean?

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cross (someone's) palm with silver What does cross (someone's) palm with silver mean?	to give money to someone for a service	We crossed the hotel clerk's palm with silver to get a good room.
cross (someone's) palm with silver What does cross (someone's) palm with silver mean?	to give money to someone in payment for a service	We had to cross the apartment manager's palm with silver in order to rent the apartment quickly.
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tit for tat What does "tit for tat" mean?	equal treatment in return for something, a fair exchange	The government policy was tit for tat to any attacks against its territory.

try one`s hand at (something) What does "try one`s hand at (something)" mean?	to make an inexperienced attempt at something, to try something	I tried my hand at golf last summer but I did not like it.
chicken feed What does "chicken feed" mean?	a small sum of money	The amount of money that I spent last night was chicken feed and I am not worried about it at all.
Get to grips What does "Get to grips" mean?	If you get to grips with something, you take control and do it properly.
do (someone) one better What does "do (someone) one better" mean?	to do something superior to what someone else has done	I decided to do my friend one better and volunteer for three weeks rather than two weeks.
frighten the living daylights out of (someone) What does "frighten the living daylights out of (someone)" mean?	to frighten someone very much	The horror movie frightened the living daylights out of the young girl.

rub (something) off What does "rub (something) off" mean?	to remove or to be removed by rubbing, to erase something	The teacher rubbed off the writing on the whiteboard.
cash in on (something) What does " cash in on (something)" mean?	to make a lot of money at something	The small city cashed in on their success after the winter Olympics.
in a New York minute What does "in a New York minute" mean?	idiom. right away; immediately; in a heartbeat.	Would you sleep with him? In a New York minute.
more fun than a barrel of monkeys What does "more fun than a barrel of monkeys" mean?	very funny, fun	The children love their teacher because he is more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
S.O.S. What does "S.O.S." mean?	shit on a shingle (i.e.: creamed chipped beef on toast)

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Cross (someone's) Palm With Silver Idiom