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sticky fingers
plural noun
- a propensity to steal.
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉迟颈肠办路测-蹿颈苍路驳别谤别诲 [stik, -ee-, fing, -gerd], adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sticky fingers1
Idioms and Phrases
A propensity to steal, as in You'd better not leave any cash around; she's known for her sticky fingers . This metaphor makes it seem as if valuables adhere naturally to a thief's fingers. [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]Example Sentences
Dubbed operation 鈥淪ticky Fingers,鈥 a multi-agency investigation resulted in the arrest of 22 suspects alleged to have burglarized more than a dozen cannabis dispensaries in California.
Investigators then reached out to the California State Attorney Generals鈥 Office to request assistance in investigating the thefts, dubbed operation 鈥淪ticky Fingers.鈥
A few years later, Warhol used it for the Rolling Stones鈥 LP 鈥淪ticky Fingers.鈥
One fuzzy blink after another 鈥 and always just an inch from the grasp of sticky fingers 鈥 the lightning bugs begin to fill the air.
One fuzzy blink after another 鈥 and always just an inch from the grasp of sticky fingers 鈥 the lightning bugs begin to fill the air.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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