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desultude
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Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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desultude wrote:
I have a proverb question.
A Korean asked me to explain:
"The man has a finger in every pie."
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Perpetrating scams in all possible sectors?
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I thought it must mean this, like having a claim on all of the goodies.
I was told that it was more like Zees, which means to me something like "having a lot of sticks in the fire":
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zee
"A finger in every pie"-I think means that the person is involved in many different persuits....like, if there is something going on,(projects, clubs, organizations) that person probably has "their finger" in that "pie".
That's my interpretation anyway.
It could also mean the person is nosey, but I think it's what I said above. |
But that doesn't make as much sense to me. |
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Mosley
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| Well, I THINK zee is right-"being involved in many things". As I remember that proverb, there's nothing necessarily "sinister" about it.... |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:42 am Post subject: |
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| I guess that's it. Thanks all. |
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Manner of Speaking
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| Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:59 am Post subject: |
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One definition:
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desultude
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| Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:04 am Post subject: |
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| And that would be the definitive answer! Thank you, MOS |
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margaret
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I think of it as someone who's involved in eveything, but also sort of a power thing like a politician or lobbyist who has influence on every committee, with the media, etc, but maybe that reflects my political science major.
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waggo
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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"He has his fingers in many pies"...is not a proverb.
It is often used in British English to talk about someone who has various business commitments...Or in other words someone who has not "put all their eggs into one basket" |
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phaedrus
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Location: I'm comin' to get ya.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 5:06 am Post subject: |
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| blake wrote: |
| May not be the one you're looking for, but the one I know is "Once a thief, always a thief." |
Isn't this more for like people getting out of prison? They are bound to commit again. |
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