finger in the pie



finger in the pie

A sign of one's involvement (often seen as meddling) in a situation. Mom is now calling me every hour, and I'm sure you had a finger in the pie—what exactly did you tell her?
See also: finger, pie

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Shahira-Arabic
Philomenafil-ə-MEEN-ə (English)English, German, Late Greek
JennaJEN-ə (English), YEN-nah (Finnish)English, Finnish
Shiroushee-ṙo:Japanese
Talia (2)-English (Australian)
Steffan-Welsh