单词 | to have a finger in |
释义 | > as lemmasto 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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