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单词 to have a finger in
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to have a finger in
(a) to have a finger in: to have some involvement in; to have a part or share in. Cf. to have a hand in at hand n. 3b.to have a finger in the pie, to have a finger in every pie: see pie n.2 4a.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > have to do with or be involved in or with
to have to do with (also mid, of, on)lOE
meddle1413
intromit1522
fretc1540
make1564
to have a finger in1583
converse1592
cope with1594
trade1595
play1928
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > have to do with or be involved in or with > get involved in
impc1000
to have a finger in1583
plunge1697
mess1851
1583 J. Prime Fruitefull & Briefe Disc. ii. 124 M. Martin, and who euer else had finger in that your late gewgawe translation.
1593 G. Gifford Dialogue Witches sig. F They can tell where things be that are hid, hauing had a finger in the matter.
1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 416 The High Priest had a finger both in the Trumpet and the Fast.
1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer v. i. 71 There is no Plot, publick or private, that can expect to prosper without one of 'em have a finger in't.
1716 C. Johnson Cobler of Preston i. 4 There has been hardly any Iniquity committed in this Country, but this drunken Knave has had a Finger in it.
1747 J. Cunningham Love in Mist 31 He knows every Body, and has a Finger in every Body's Business.
1861 W. S. Perry Hist. Ch. Eng. I. vi. 258 The King..had a finger..in all the disputes in Europe.
1900 E. P. Robbins tr. H. de Balzac Most Mysterious Case 112 We have a notion that Michu has a finger in this business.
1955 ‘P. Wentworth’ Listening Eye (1997) xvi. 112 If he was in the house and any dirty work was going on, I should expect him to have a finger in it.
2002 Washington Post 2 Feb. (Home ed.) a25/5 A man who had his finger in every good cause in the city.
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