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
HjÁLmarr-Ancient Scandinavian
Trude-Norwegian
Fu-Chinese
AntonyAN-tə-neeEnglish
SulisŁAwsuw-LEE-swahfPolish
Siva-Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam