有钱能使鬼推磨

有钱能使鬼推磨:

Literally means:

if you have money, you can make the devil push the millstone for you

Actually means:

磨, millstone, an implement used for grinding grain or wheat into powder.

推磨, doing such grinding work by human labor.

The idiom means that if you have money, the devil will serve you.

In metaphorical sense, it means that money is omnipotent and if you have money, you can do any thing you like.

Often, it criticizes the person who bribes others with money or who is money-oriented. Derogatory.

磨 ，把颗粒状的大米、麦子等磨成粉的器具。

推磨，依靠人力做这类粉碎粮食的工作。

有钱能使鬼推磨，表示只要肯出钱，连鬼都可以收买下来帮你做事。

比喻金钱万能，有钱可以办任何事情。

多用来指责利用钱财收买别人的人，或见钱眼开的人。具有贬义色彩。