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Christina Quynh,
Tommy Tran
2023-01-15 04:01
Caught somebody with somebody's fingers in the till British informal verb phrase
The noun "fingers" can be replaced with the word "hand."
To catch someone stealing money from their place of work.
A: "Do you know why Jack got fired?" B: "The boss caught him with his fingers in the till."
I believe our supervisor is becoming suspicious. He might catch us with our fingers in the till if we keep doing this.
Shoplifting
1. To violently steal something from a place or a person, or take something as spoils, especially in wartime
2. The act of stealing something from a place or a person in a violent way, or taking something as spoils, especially in wartime
1. To take a lot of money from someone by deception or extortion
2. To charge someone too much money for something
Used to indicate the action of a base runner who sneak from one base to another in a baseball
To deviously and illegally take everything one has. Sometimes said to imply that someone is asking an excessive amount of money for something.
Do you see anything wrong?
people often do irrational or foolish things when they are in love.
I and my boyfriend have decided to get married in the summer. I don't think that's wise, since we won't have enough money saved by then to set up house. But then, one cannot love and be wise.
