| 单词 | palm off |
| 释义 | palm offSEE SYNONYMS FOR palm off ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, adverb often foll by on)to offer, sell, or spend fraudulentlyto palm off a counterfeit coin to divert in order to be rid ofI palmed the unwelcome visitor off on John Words nearby palm offpalmitic, palmitic acid, palmitin, palmitoleic acid, palm leaf, palm off, palm oil, palm-oil chop, palmoplantar keratoderma, Palm Springs, palm sugar Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with palm offpalm off Pass off by deception, substitute with intent to deceive, as in The salesman tried to palm off a zircon as a diamond, or The producer tried to palm her off as a star from the Metropolitan Opera. This expression alludes to concealing something in the palm of one's hand. It replaced the earlier palm on in the early 1800s. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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