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every man has a price

every man has a price proverb: everyone can be bribed or corrupted for a certain price.

Proverb

every man has a price

  1. (idiomatic) Everyone can be bribed or corrupted for a certain price.

Forms of every man has a price

alternative formevery man has his price

Questions about every man has a price

What does every man has a price mean?
Every man has a price means everyone can be bribed or corrupted for a certain price.
What part of speech is every man has a price?
Every man has a price is a proverb.

Words near every man has a price in the dictionary

  1. every law has its loophole
  2. every little bit helps
  3. every little helps
  4. every man for himself
  5. every man for hisself
  6. every man has a price
  7. every man has his price
  8. every man is the architect of his own fortune
  9. every man jack
  10. every miller draws water to his own mill
  11. every nook and corner

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