every man has his price

Idioms  

1. Any person can be bribed in some way, as in They had trouble persuading her to join, but when they offered her a car—well, every man has his price. This cynical observation was first recorded in 1734 but may be much older, and it applies to either sex.

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Example Sentences

But on another day he came back smiling sideways and confided to Mama that every man has his price.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The old saying, "every man has his price," is true in this sense, that every machine will stand just so much and no more.

From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Darrow, Clarence

Perhaps it is true that every man has his price.

From The Book of Courage by Faris, John Thomson

Someone has said every man has his price.

From The Gun-Brand by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

"It is an old maxim," Wyndham said, "that every man has his price."

From A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by McCarthy, Justin