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
Kapena-Hawaiian
Lili-German, French, Hungarian
Lucius['lu:sjəs]
CarmenKAHR-men (Spanish), KAHR-mən (English)Spanish, English, Italian, Romanian
Boris['bɔris]
LÚCio-Portuguese