palm something off イディオム

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a little hair off the dog

(See hair off the dog)

a little off

not quite sane, a bit crazy, one brick short... When Clem started eating grass, we knew he was a little off.

a rip-off

unfair price or rule, priced too high The price of drinks was a rip-off. A small Coke cost $3!

a takeoff on

similar to, based on the same idea, a send-up The school play was a takeoff on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

an offer I couldn't refuse

an offer that contains a threat or force, a request that is a command The border guards invited me to stay for further questioning - it was an offer I couldn't refuse.

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

back off

do not come closer, do not touch me Back off, you animal! Don't touch me!

be off

leave, go, off with you Be off, my dear, or you'll be late for work.

palm (something) off (on one) (as article else)

To abandon article exceptionable by giving or affairs it to one (under the pretense of it actuality article else). There are consistently guys palming off bargain watches as Rolexes in this allotment of town. She approved to approach the hardest allotment of the appointment off on me as some affectionate of appropriate challenge. Don't approach your affairs off on me—I accept my own to do.Learn more: off, palm, something

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be a piece of cake be all ears be-all, end-all be broke be fed up with (with someone or something) be in and out be my guest be my undoing be off be on the go be on the road be over be there be there for me be there or be square be to blame be up and running pale at the thought of (something) pale beside pale beside (someone or something) pale beside/next to something pale by comparison pale in comparison pale into insignificance pale next to (someone or something) paleo paleo diet palimony paling pall pally pally (with someone) pally with someone palm palm (something) palm (something) off (on one) (as something else) palm off palm off, to palm oil palm presser palm someone/something off palm someone/something off on someone palm something off palm something off on someone palm-greasing palm-oil palm-presser palooka palsy-walsy paluka pan pan across to pan across to (someone or something) pan for pan for (something) pan in pan in (on someone or something) pan out pan out, to pan over pan over to (someone or something) pancake panda car pander pander to pander to (one) Pandora Pandora's box