10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROSS SOMEONE'S PALM»
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
cross someone's palm with silver Pay for a service; pay in advance. For example,
I 'll give you all the details, butfirst cross my palm with silver. This phrase alludes
to the old practice of placing silver coins across a gypsy fortuneteller's hand ...
2
Concise English Dictionary
... over one's heart: cross someone's mind to flash across someone's mind: cross
someone's palm to put a coin in someone's hand; cross someone's path to come
in someone's way: to thwart someone; cross swords toenter into a dispute (with);
...
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
cross one's heart to make a crossing gesture over one's heart as an indication of
one's earnestness in promising or asserting something. — cross someone's mind
to occur to someone. — cross someone's palm to put a coin in someone's hand.
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... your chest. cross your mind: see MIND. cross someone's palm with silver pay
someone for a favour or service. often humorous o Crossing someone's palm
with silver was originally connected with the telling of fortunes, when the client
would ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
... and is sometimes reinforced by making a sign of the Cross over your chest.
cross someone's palm with silver pay someone for a favour or service. often
humorous Crossing someone's palm with silver was originally connected with the
.
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
To cross someone's palm with silver is to pay them for a favour or service. It
probably comes from the idea of tracing the shape of a cross on a fortuneteller's
palm with a silver coin before you are told what the future has in store. In 49 BC
Julius ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... cross someone's mind to flash across someone's mind; cross someone's palm
to put a coin in someone's hand, as a payment; cross someone's path to come in
someone's way, to meet someone; to thwart someone; cross swords to enter into
...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
cross someone's palm to put a coin in their hand. • cross someone's path to
encounter them. • cross swords with someone to have a disagreement or
argument with them. © Anglo-Saxon cros, from Latin crux. crossbar > noun 1 a
horizontal bar, ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
... heart used to emphasize the truthfulness and sincerity of what one is saying.
cross one's fingers put one finger across another as a sign of hoping for good
luck. cross someone's palm with silver pay someone before having one's fortune
told, ...
