have a finger in the pie



have a finger in the pie

 and have one's finger in the pie
Fig. to have a role in something; to be involved in something. (See also have one's finger in too many pies) Tess wants to have a finger in the pie. She doesn't think we can do it by ourselves. Sally always wants to have a finger in the pie.
See also: finger, have, pie

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Maleah-English (Modern)
Uros-Serbian
Catarinakah-tah-REE-nah (Italian), ka-ta-REE-na (Galician)Italian, Portuguese, Occitan, Galician
Watt[wɔt]
Sylviane-French
Cili-Hungarian