迷你对话：
A:It is time to butter him up.
我该去奉承奉承他了。
B:What do you have to do togrease the palm ofhim?
你得做些什么才能贿赂他呢？
A:I don’t know. Let me see.
我不知道，让我想想。
B:You can go and ask your father.
你可以去问问你的父亲。
地道表达：
grease the palm of
解词释义：
grease作为动词，本义是指“用油脂涂”或“油脂弄脏”，在俚语中比喻为“给......贿赂或小费”，行贿的思想是肮脏的，这比喻是非常贴切的，那么习语grease the palm of比喻为“向......行贿，买通”。
拓展讲解：
grease the hand of意思是grease the palm of意思相同。
支持范例：
The offender attempted togrease the palm ofthe judge.
罪犯企图贿赂法官。
We had togrease the palm ofthe waiter to get a table in the crowded restaurant.
我们得给招待员特别小费以便在客满的餐厅得到座位。
The driver was trying togrease the hand ofthe cop, but he was refused.
那个司机企图收买警察,却被警察拒绝了。
词海拾贝：
butter sb up：奉承某人，拍某人的马屁
Eg. It's a good idea tobutter a person upbefore asking them to do you a favor.
在要求别人帮你忙之前，最好先对他们说些好听的话。
Eg. He began tobutter upthe directorin hope of being given a better job.
他开始奉承主任，希望得到一份更好的工作。
Eg. If you canbutter upyour boss, he won't give you a hard time.
如果你能对老板说点好听的话，他将不会为难你。
Eg. If webutter our mother upa bit, she may let us go to cinema this afternoon.
如果我们对妈妈说点好话，她也许会让我们今天下午去看电影的。 |