elbow grease

bend one's elbow

To drink alcoholic beverages, especially at a public house or bar.

elbow mentality

An attitude characterized by self-interest and a willingness to prioritize personal benefit or ambition, often above the welfare of an organization or community; a willingness to elbow (verb) past others.

grease monkey

A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.

grease payment

A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.

grease someone's palm

To bribe a person.

grease the skids

To create conditions likely to produce or hasten favorable future developments.

grease the wheels

To create conditions likely to produce or hasten favorable future developments.

yellow grease

Used vegetable oil purposed for use as biodiesel.