"Have an itchy palm" nghĩa là gì?

"Have an itchy palm" = có bàn tay bị ngứa -> nghĩa là mong được nhận hối lộ/tiền; tham lam, tham nhũng.

Ví dụ

Someone in Tuggeranong should have an itchy palm by now after scoring a division one win in Monday's Lotto draw.

There are so many superstitions (mê tín dị đoan) about when someone has an itchy palm, especially an itchy left palm. Old wives' tales and many cultures believe that an itchy left palm means that you are about to have a great financial fortune. The origins of the left-hand palm itching date back to the Saxons in England.

Having doled out so much in cash and kind to return to the assemblies, the legislators can't be realistically expected to exhibit a particular disdain (khinh bỉ) for money – few others placed in similar circumstances would demonstrate. This doesn't mean that parliamentarians by and large have an itchy palm. What it means is that given the role money plays in every election, it is difficult to resist the temptation of a monetary reward if the stakes are raised high. Remember it’s a world of ordinary mortals, not of the gods.

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