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 Literature

While it is a saying that every man has his price, Albee was unusual in literally knowing his.

From The Guardian

“The man who said ‘Every man has his price’ never met Duncan Hines,” writes Hatchett at the beginning of the book.

From Slate

"Oh, every man has his price," rejoined Mr. Radford, whose opinion of human nature, as the reader may have perceived, was not particularly high.

From Project Gutenberg

Again it swooped down to more practical questions of Ethics, what one considered the summum bonum and under what circumstances one conceded the right to suicide, and whether or not one believed that every man has his price.

From Project Gutenberg