单词 | to have one's hand in the till |
释义 | > as lemmasto have one's hand in the till l. to have one's hand in the till and variants: to steal from one's employer; to embezzle money from one's business, organization, etc. ΚΠ 1857 Evening Star 2 Apr. 4/2 So little did he consider Mr. Pellatt had put his hand in the till that he had not even looked to his account. 1871 Judy 18 Oct. 263/2 Ploughboys make bad shopmen: they've generally picked up a nasty habit of having their hand in the till. 1897 Investors' Rev. Feb. 95 Great imperial patriot-politicians dipped their hands in the till. 1913 Manch. Guardian 9 June 6/3 It was described as a ‘theft’; the Postmaster General was said to have been caught ‘with his hand in the till’. 1961 Life 24 Mar. 79/1 Ramses kept the scribes in line by a rough rule-of-nose: anyone caught with his hand in the till had his nose cut off. 1990 C. L. Vincent Police Officer iv. vii. 128 The case of one man who got caught with his hand in the till and was forced to resign came up several times. 2006 G. Russo Supermob (2007) xi. 264 He was straight as an arrow. He was the only major Chicago politician who didn't have his hand in the till. < as lemmas |
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