finger in the pieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

finger in the pie

1. (idiomatic) A share in the doing of something; involvement.
   • 1842, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 26, page 261:

     They informed us that the cause of her committing this rash deed was a dispute with her mistress, but on further inquiry it appears that Cupid had a finger in the pie.

   • 2012, H. Liebaers, Mostly in the Line of Duty: Thirty Years with Books, page 73:

     The Foundation had, however, decided to keep a finger in the pie and to pay its share in the running costs of the school.

   • 2025 March 7, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “Could Elon Musk’s newfound political influence help him finally crack India?”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Another possibly more lucrative finger in India’s pie for Musk could be Starlink, the satellite internet technology operated by his SpaceX company.