{"id":4409,"date":"2021-01-15T18:22:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T12:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4409"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:09","slug":"to-grease-the-palm","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/to-grease-the-palm\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Grease the Palm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>grease the palm<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to bribe<\/li>\n<li>to cut down a tree<\/li>\n<li>to rub oil on the hand<\/li>\n<li>to lubricate machine parts<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3126],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894,1896,1895],"class_list":["post-4409","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-dishonesty-and-corruption","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>to bribe<\/strong> is correct because <strong>grease the palm<\/strong> means to give someone money secretly or dishonestly to get a favor.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>The contractor tried to grease the palm of an official to win the contract.<\/em> <em>A fair system does not allow anyone to grease the palm of a judge.<\/em><\/p><p>This idiom is figurative. It does not mean literally putting oil or grease on a hand or machine.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"to bribe"},{"right":"no","answer":"to cut down a tree"},{"right":"no","answer":"to rub oil on the hand"},{"right":"no","answer":"to lubricate machine parts"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3126,"title":"Dishonesty and Corruption","slug":"dishonesty-and-corruption"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/4409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4409"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4409"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}