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Finger in the Pie

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To have a finger in the pie. To assist or mix oneself officiously in any matter. Esse rei particeps. In French, Mettre la main à la pâte.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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