shoe (one's) mule



shoe (one's) mule

To steal or misappropriate funds. The phrase refers to blacksmiths who did not shoe one's animal even after accepting payment. I entrusted him with a lot of money, so I'm going to be livid if I find out that he's trying to shoe my mule.
See also: mule, shoe

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
NÉLida-Literature, Spanish
Harper['hɑ:pə]
Ulf-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
İLkİN-Turkish, Azerbaijani
Renita-English
Yijun-Chinese