He tried to palm off that crap on us — Он пытался сбагрить эту дрянь нам
Don't palm off that problem on me — Не надо на меня вешать эту проблему
Somebody palmed off a rubber check on me yesterday — Вчера кто-то всучил мне фальшивый чек
Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» . Глазунов С.А. . 2003.
palm off something — palm off (something) to trick or persuade someone to take something. They palmed off cheap wine at high prices by putting it in fancy bottles. She produced fake stamps and palmed them off as genuine. Related vocabulary: fob something off on… … New idioms dictionary
palm off — (something) to trick or persuade someone to take something. They palmed off cheap wine at high prices by putting it in fancy bottles. She produced fake stamps and palmed them off as genuine. Related vocabulary: fob something off on someone … New idioms dictionary
palm off — verb sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑foist off, ↑fob off • Topics: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑criminal offence, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
palm off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms palm off : present tense I/you/we/they palm off he/she/it palms off present participle palming off past tense palmed off past participle palmed off informal 1) to get rid of someone or something that you do… … English dictionary
palm off — {v.}, {informal} 1. To sell or give (something) by pretending it is something more valuable; to sell or give by trickery. * /He palmed off his own painting as a Rembrandt./ * /The salesman palmed off pine wood floors as oak./ Syn.: FOB OFF, PASS… … Dictionary of American idioms
palm off — {v.}, {informal} 1. To sell or give (something) by pretending it is something more valuable; to sell or give by trickery. * /He palmed off his own painting as a Rembrandt./ * /The salesman palmed off pine wood floors as oak./ Syn.: FOB OFF, PASS… … Dictionary of American idioms
palm\ off — v informal 1. To sell or give (smth) by pretending it is something more valuable; to sell or give by trickery. He palmed off his own painting as a Rembrandt. The salesman palmed off pine wood floors as oak. Syn.: fob off, pass off 2. To deceive… … Словарь американских идиом
palm off — PHRASAL VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone has palmed something off on you, you feel annoyed because they have made you accept it although it is not valuable or is not your responsibility. [V n P on n] I couldn t keep palming her off on… … English dictionary
palm — Ⅰ. palm [1] ► NOUN 1) (also palm tree) an evergreen tree with a crown of very long feathered or fan shaped leaves, growing in warm regions. 2) a leaf of a palm awarded as a prize or viewed as a symbol of victory. ORIGIN Latin palma palm (of a… … English terms dictionary
palm — [pɑːm ǁ pɑːm, pɑːlm] verb palm somebody/something → off phrasal verb [transitive] to persuade someone to accept something, especially by making them think it is better or more valuable than it really is: • Some suppliers have tried to palm off… … Financial and business terms
palm — palm1 [pa:m US pa:m, pa:lm] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of hand)¦ 2¦(tree)¦ 3 hold/have somebody in the palm of your hand 4 read somebody s palm ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(PART OF HAND)¦ the inside surface of your hand, in which you hold things in sb s palm ▪ She… … Dictionary of contemporary English
