Idiom
every man has a price
Meaning
Everyone can be bribed or corrupted for a certain price.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He believes every man has a price.”
“The detective refused the bribe, proving that not every man has a price.”
“The cynical politician operated under the dark assumption that every man has a price, regardless of his public reputation for integrity.”
Examples
simple
“He believes every man has a price.”
contextual
“The detective refused the bribe, proving that not every man has a price.”
complex
“The cynical politician operated under the dark assumption that every man has a price, regardless of his public reputation for integrity.”
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