Grease One’s Palm :



Grass Window :

A grass window is a woman whose husband is often away on work leaving her on her own.




Graveyard Shift :

If you have to work very late at night, it is the graveyard shift.




Gravy Train :

If someone is on the gravy train, they have found and easy way to make lots of money.




Grease Monkey :

A grease monkey is an idiomatic term for a mechanic.




Grease One’s Palm :

If you grease someone’s palm, you bribe them to do something.

I refused to grease the palm of the officer to get my building plan approved.




Grease The Skids :

If you grease the skids, you facilitate something.




Greased Lightning :

If something or someone moves like greased lightning, they move very fast indeed.




Great Guns :

If something or someone is going great guns, they are doing very well.




Great Scott :

An exclamation of surprise




Great Unwashed :

This is a term used for the working class masses.




Great White Hope :

Someone who is expected to be a great success is a great white hope.




Greek to Me :

If you do not understand something, it is all Greek to you.



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