英语词汇“to have a finger in every pie”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. An affair, business, enterprise, etc. Esp. in to have a finger (also hand) in the pie: to be involved in a matter, esp. in an interfering way; to have a piece of the pie and variants: to be involved in a matter; to have a finger in every pie: to be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises; to put a finger into (a person's) pie and variants: to interfere in (someone else's) business; †to cut a pie (U.S.): to become involved in a matter (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > be involved in or have to do with something

entermetec1300

to make (a) market1340

meddlec1390

to do with ——a1400

mell1416

intermeddle1477

intermell1480

to have art or (and) part ina1500

participate1531

to have a finger (also hand) in the pie?1553

tigc1598

get1727

concern1791

involve1843

to mix up1882

tew1891

to screw with ——1973

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > be involved in or have to do with something > become involved in a matter

to put a finger into (a person's) pie?1553

immix1593

immerse1667

?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iii. 9 Bring me in credyte that my hande be in the pye.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 52 The diuell speed him: No mans Pye is freed From his Ambitious finger.

1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore v. ii. 136 My hand was in the Pye, my Lord, I confesse it.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iii. v. 76 Lusatia..must needs, forsooth, have her Finger in the Pye.

1723 J. Barker Patch-work Screen for Ladies ii. 56 This being in particular one of my Sex, my Muse wou'd needs have a Finger in the Pye; and so a Copy of Verses was writ on the Subject.

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xi. 33 'Tis an excellent cap..; especially if you stroke it the right way—but alas! that will never be my luck... No; I shall never have a finger in the pye (so here I break my metaphor).

1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché I. xi. 180 By gosh Aunty,..you had better not cut that pie: you will find it rather sour in the apple sarse, and tough in the paste.

1868 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 6 Feb. (1920) 85 They want to send me abroad, as a Consul or a Minister. I said I didn't want any of the pie.

1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria iii. 93 That was very like her uncle Leopold, who wanted to have a finger in every pie.

1970 G. Jackson Let. 17 Apr. in Soledad Brother (1971) 224 We don't want their culture. We don't want a piece of that pie.

2003 Australian (Nexis) 12 June t16 The federal government also has its hand in the pie.

单词	to have a finger in every pie
释义	> as lemmas to have a finger in every pie a. An affair, business, enterprise, etc. Esp. in to have a finger (also hand) in the pie: to be involved in a matter, esp. in an interfering way; to have a piece of the pie and variants: to be involved in a matter; to have a finger in every pie: to be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises; to put a finger into (a person's) pie and variants: to interfere in (someone else's) business; †to cut a pie (U.S.): to become involved in a matter (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > be involved in or have to do with something entermetec1300 to make (a) market1340 meddlec1390 to do with ——a1400 mell1416 intermeddle1477 intermell1480 to have art or (and) part ina1500 participate1531 to have a finger (also hand) in the pie?1553 tigc1598 get1727 concern1791 involve1843 to mix up1882 tew1891 to screw with ——1973 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > be involved in or have to do with something > become involved in a matter to put a finger into (a person's) pie?1553 immix1593 immerse1667 ?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iii. 9 Bring me in credyte that my hande be in the pye. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 52 The diuell speed him: No mans Pye is freed From his Ambitious finger. View more context for this quotation 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore v. ii. 136 My hand was in the Pye, my Lord, I confesse it. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iii. v. 76 Lusatia..must needs, forsooth, have her Finger in the Pye. 1723 J. Barker Patch-work Screen for Ladies ii. 56 This being in particular one of my Sex, my Muse wou'd needs have a Finger in the Pye; and so a Copy of Verses was writ on the Subject. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xi. 33 'Tis an excellent cap..; especially if you stroke it the right way—but alas! that will never be my luck... No; I shall never have a finger in the pye (so here I break my metaphor). 1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché I. xi. 180 By gosh Aunty,..you had better not cut that pie: you will find it rather sour in the apple sarse, and tough in the paste. 1868 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 6 Feb. (1920) 85 They want to send me abroad, as a Consul or a Minister. I said I didn't want any of the pie. 1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria iii. 93 That was very like her uncle Leopold, who wanted to have a finger in every pie. 1970 G. Jackson Let. 17 Apr. in Soledad Brother (1971) 224 We don't want their culture. We don't want a piece of that pie. 2003 Australian (Nexis) 12 June t16 The federal government also has its hand in the pie. extracted from pien.² < as lemmas
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