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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every man has his price

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

Someone has said every man has his price.

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

Is it because of the common idea that "every man has his price," that it is unthinkable that a sane man would let a fortune that he could claim honestly slip through his fingers?

From The Book of Courage by Faris, John Thomson

We do not count ourselves among those who believe that "every man has his price," and that "an honest man has a lock of hair growing in the palm of his right hand."

From The True Citizen, How to Become One by Markwick, W. F.

It is a maxim with them, that every man has his price.

From Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Ford, Paul Leicester