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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Reto	-	German (Swiss)
Raul	ra-OOL (Portuguese), rah-OOL (Italian)	Portuguese, Italian
Ioann	-	Russian
Alice	['ælis]
Vere	-	English
Adrienne	ad-ree-EN	French