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| 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")) | |||
| 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) | |||
| no silver, no servant; he who will reap must sow. (Andrey Truhachev) | |||
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| money talks (Anglophile) | |||
| if you don't grease the wheels the cart won't go (Maggie) | |||
