finger in the pie | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Asharein the doing of something;involvement.1842,The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume26, page261: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 afinger in the pie.2012, H. Liebaers,Mostly in the Line of Duty: Thirty Years with Books, page73:The Foundation had, however, decided to keep afinger in the pieand to pay its share in the running costs of the school.2025March 7, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “Could Elon Musk’s newfound political influence help him finally crack India?”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:Another possibly more lucrativefinger inIndia’spiefor Musk could be Starlink, the satellite internet technology operated by his SpaceX company.

Examples:

EN: Working at The Furies, I just sorta kept my finger in the pie somewhat.
ES: Al trabajar en Las Furias, estaba metido en todas partes.
EN: Only I like to have a finger in the pie.
ES: Sólo es que me gustaría meter el dedo en el pastel.
EN: - And Ed Chilton's got a finger in the pie too!
ES: Ed Chilton también está involucrado.
EN: And your Filippov had his finger in the pie.
ES: Y tu amigo Filippov andaba en todos los fregados.
EN: One less finger in the pie, a greater share of the booty for me.
ES: Uno menos el dedo en el pastel, una mayor parte del botín para mí.
EN: Now, for example, they appear before the lens of the camera, death in their eyes, a smile on their faces, a finger in the pie.
ES: Ahora, por ejemplo, aparecen frente al lente de la cámara con la muerte en los ojos, una sonrisa en sus rostros, un dedo en el pastel.
EN: She must never know I've got my finger in the pie.
ES: Ella no debe saber nunca que estoy metido en este asunto.
EN: Once the collectivists have a finger in the pie, they'll never let go of it.
ES: Cuando los comunistas hayan probado el pastel, no lo soltarán.
EN: Nat King Cole stuck his finger in the pie and yanked out the bird.
ES: Nat King Cole metió su dedo en el pie y arrancó al pájaro.
EN: That's the dictatorship of the law: oligarch or not, if you're caught with your finger in the pie,
ES: La ley es igual para todos, oligarca o no, si te pillan con las manos en la masa,
EN: Don't have a finger in the pie
ES: No tienes ni un dedo en la torta.
EN: I'm not sure if it's, like, a little kid word or something, but he said he wanted to stick his finger in the pie
ES: No estoy seguro si es una palabra de niños o algo, pero dijo que quería meter el dedo en el pastel
EN: You've got a finger in the pie in every type of business.
ES: Estás metido en todo tipo de negocios.
EN: Not as much as a finger in the pie!
ES: ¡No tanto como un dedo en el pastel!
EN: That's why it's all legalized now, why the government has its finger in the pie.
ES: Es por eso que está todo legalizado ahora, por que el gobierno tiene un pedazo del pastel.

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