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1 palm
I noun(the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and the fingers: She held the mouse in the palm of her hand.) palma- palm something off on someone- palm off on someone
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- palm off on II noun((also palm tree) a kind of tall tree, with broad, spreading leaves, which grows in hot countries: a coconut palm.) palmeira* * *palm1[pa:m] n 1 palma da mão. 2 palmo (medida). 3 ação de empalmar cartas, etc. 4 Naut pata de âncora. 5 pá de remo. 6 Naut repuxo. 7 superfície inferior de esqui. 8 parte larga e chata da galhada do veado, alce, etc. • vt 1 manusear. 2 empalmar, escamotear. 3 impingir, enganar. 4 tocar com a palma da mão. 5 sl subornar, peitar. 6 esconder na palma, fazer desaparecer (cartas de baralho, em mágica, etc.). to cross someone’s palm ( with silver) cobrar gorjeta, pedir dinheiro. to grease the palm of coll molhar a mão, subornar. to have an itching/ itchy palm ser ganancioso. to have someone in the palm of one’s hand ter alguém nas mãos, dominar alguém. to palm off trapacear, lograr, passar adiante por meio de fraude.————————palm2[pa:m] n palma: 1 Bot palmeira. 2 folha de palmeira. 3 fig vitória, supremacia. to bear the palm levar a palma, ser vitorioso. to yield the palm bater em retirada. -
2 to have an itching/itchy palm
to have an itching/itchy palmser ganancioso.English-Portuguese dictionary > to have an itching/itchy palm
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itching palm — {n.}, {slang} A wish for money; greed. * /He was born with an itching palm./ * /The bellboys in that hotel seem always to have itching palms./ … Dictionary of American idioms
itching palm — {n.}, {slang} A wish for money; greed. * /He was born with an itching palm./ * /The bellboys in that hotel seem always to have itching palms./ … Dictionary of American idioms
itching\ palm — noun slang A wish for money; greed. He was born with an itching palm. The bellboys in that hotel seem always to have itching palms … Словарь американских идиом
itching palm — a wish for money, greed The guard at the border crossing has an itching palm so be careful of him … Idioms and examples
have an itching palm — To be greedy for financial gain • • • Main Entry: ↑itch … Useful english dictionary
itching palm — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness, covetousness, cupidity, frenzy of desire, fury of desire, gluttony, grasping, graspingness, greed, greediness, hoggishness, incontinence, inordinate desire,… … Moby Thesaurus
itching palm, have an — Be greedy for money … A concise dictionary of English slang
palm — palm1 [päm] n. [ME palme < OE palm < L palma: so named because its leaf somewhat resembles the palm of the hand] 1. any of an order (Arecales) of tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees and shrubs, having a woody, usually unbranched … English World dictionary
an itching palm — an avaricious nature. → itch … English new terms dictionary
itching (or itchy) palm — Someone who has an itching palm is greedy for money, for example tips or commission (as if putting money in the palm of their hand would ease the itch). He s said to have an itching palm he does nothing without payment! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
itching — itchingly, adv. /ich ing/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by an irritating sensation of the skin. 2. of, pertaining to, or having a longing or desire to do or have something: An itching public anxiously awaits her announcement. 3.… … Universalium
