itching palm

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, insatiability, insatiable desire, intemperateness, lust, overgreediness, piggishness, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, sordidness, swinishness, voraciousness, voracity, wolfishness

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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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, 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

  • 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

  • palm — I n. part of the hand 1) to read smb. s palm ( to tell smb. s fortune ) 2) (misc.) to have an itching palm ( to have a great desire for money, bribes ); to grease smb. s palm ( to bribe smb. ) II n. a potted; royal palm * * * [pɑːm] royal palm to …   Combinatory dictionary

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