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sprichw. you need to grease some palms (VLZ_58); People can't be pleased unless their palms are greased (george serebryakov); People can only be pleased by having their palms greased (george serebryakov)
Sprw. no silver, no servant; he who will reap must sow. (Andrey Truhachev)
umg. some palms need to be greased; some wheels or palms need to be greased (о необходимости дать взятку said when a bribe is needed (in Russian literally "you don't move if you don't grease the wheels"))
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Allg. money talks (Anglophile)
Amerik. if you don't grease the wheels the cart won't go (Maggie)