have a finger in every pie

US pronunciation

American soundhave a finger in every pie

haveafingerineverypie

Syllables: 6 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Final e often stays silent

have - a - finger - in - every - pie -> have a finger in every pie

Myanmar meaning

[IDM ] (infml ) ပါလေရာ ပဲခူးဆားလုပ်သည်။ နေရာတကာ စွက်ဖက်သည်။

Full entry

finger / 'fÇŋgǝ(r) / n

၁။ (က) လက်ချောင်း။ He poked at the spider with a stubby finger. ❍ She dipped her finger into the mixture. ❍ He counted the guests on his fingers (ie used his fingers to help him do the sum). (ခ) လက်မ မဟုတ်သော လက်ချောင်း။ a broken finger ❍ a beckoning finger ❍ She clicked her finger and thumb together. See also FOREFINGER, INDEX FINGER, RING FINGER ❍ HAND ❍ BODY
၂။ လက်အိတ်မှ လက်ချောင်း။
၃။ မုန့်လက်ညှိုးကဲ့သို့ လက်ချောင်းပုံစံမုန့်။ a finger of toast. See also FISH FINGER
v ကိုင်သည်။ စမ်းသည်။ She fingered the knife hidden in her pocket. ❍ He was nervously fingering his tie. ❍ I don't like eating food that's been fingered by someone else.
❏ be all fingers and thumbs [IDM ] အပေါက်အလမ်း မတည့်ဖြစ်သည်။ ကိုးရိုးကားရား နိုင်သည်။ Can you thread this needle for me? I'm all fingers and thumbs today.
❏ fingering / 'fÇŋgǝrÇŋ / n [U] လက်ချောင်းဖြင့် တီးနည်း၊ တီးကွက်။
a piano piece with tricky fingering.
❏ finger-mark n လက်ချောင်းရာ။ လက်ရာ။ leave finger-marks all over the wall.
❏ get, pull, etc one's finger out [IDM ] (infml ) အပျင်း မကြီးဘဲ အလုပ်ကြိုးစားသည်။ If you don't pull your finger out, you'll never get the job finished.
❏ have, etc one's fingers in the till [IDM ] (infml ) (မိမိတာဝန်ယူထားသော ငွေထဲမှ) နှိုက်သည်၊ ခိုးသည်။ He was caught with his fingers in the till.
❏ have a finger in every pie [IDM ] (infml ) ပါလေရာ ပဲခူးဆားလုပ်သည်။ နေရာတကာ စွက်ဖက်သည်။
❏ have / keep one's finger on the pulse (of sth) [IDM ] နောက်ဆုံး အခြေအနေကို ဂရုစိုက် လေ့လာလျက်ရှိသည်။
❏ lay a finger on sb [IDM ] ကိုယ်ထိလက်ရောက် လုပ်သည်။ If you lay a finger on that child, I'll never forgive you.
❏ put one's finger on sth [IDM ] ထောက်ပြသည်။ I can't quite put my finger on the flaw in her argument.
❏ work one's fingers to the bone [IDM ] အရိုးကြေကြေ အရေခန်းခန်းလုပ်သည်။

More examples

He had long bony fingers.
She ran her fingers over the smooth wood.
There was a hole in one of the fingers of her glove.
Serve with fingers of toast.
There is something wrong with her story but I can't quite put my finger on it.
I can't put my finger on what's bothering me, but it doesn't feel right.
There's something wrong with this piece, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

Synonyms

handle, touch, feel, manipulate, toy with, fiddle with, antenna, appoint, bit, choose, claw, designate, determine, digit, extremity, feeler, fiddle, grass on, grope, helping, hook, identify, indicate, inform on, limb, locate, make, maul, meddle, member, name, nominate, palpate, paw, pick out, pick up, pin down, pinky, play with, point out, point to, pointer, portion, ring finger, slice, slither, smidgen, specify, tactile member, tap, tentacle, thumb, touch lightly

Antonyms

hunk, ignore, lose, manhandle, miss, pass over, refuse

Cross references

handle touch feel manipulate toy with fiddle with antenna appoint bit choose claw designate determine digit extremity feeler fiddle grass on grope helping hook identify indicate inform on limb locate make maul

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