| 词汇 | oil of angels |
| 词源 | oil of angels. A British expression that has some American currency, the oil of angels means money or gold, particularly money used as a bribe. The angel here refers to a 15th-century coin bearing the visage of Michael the Archangel. As Robert Greene wrote in 1592: “The palms of their hands so hot that they cannot be cooled unless they be rubbed with the oil of angels.” |
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