buy golden opinions
buy golden opinions
obsolete To pay money in exchange for praise or prestige from others. The mayor has bought golden opinions from the wealthy, but they will not sustain him—he's too unpopular with the common folk who will almost certainly vote him out of office. Many a wealthy man has bought golden opinions in the hope of gaining power. He can buy all the golden opinions he wants, but they'll still never be genuine endorsements.
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