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a finger in every pie
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involved in many different activities, often to get power
Can be neutral or a little critical. 'Have a finger in many pies' is a common variant.
In context
The mayor has a finger in every pie in this town.
Mr Hai has a finger in every pie: a hotel, two restaurants and a taxi firm.
More idioms about food
- a bad appleone bad person who has a bad effect on the rest of a group
- a couch potatoa person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV instead of being active
- a different kettle of fisha completely different situation from the one just mentioned
- a meal ticketa person or thing that someone uses as a source of money or support
- a melting pota place where people of many cultures live and mix together