"With your fingers in the till" nghĩa là gì?

"With one's fingers/hand in the till" = bàn tay trong ngăn kéo để tiền -> nghĩa là trộm tiền nơi làm việc/của sếp.

Ví dụ

The statement was quite a thing, even for uBaba, who’s been known to cry foul when the organs of the state attempt to hold him to account after catching him with his fingers in the till.

‘I’ve lost my friends, I bitterly regret the whole thing — not because I was caught with my fingers in the till, but because of the controversy (sự tranh luận, tranh cãi) and the damage it’s done to Joyce’s name. She doesn’t deserve it. She was such an honest person, quite devoid of guile (không lừa đảo). That’s the awful thing.’

Pickles claimed his direct intervention (sự xen vào, can thiệp) was against everything he believed in, but he said the four-month, £1m inquiry, revealed Rahman had sown division, adding the findings should make Rahman bow his head in shame. Pickles said: “It seems to me that the mayor’s test is, ‘If you’re not actually caught with your fingers in the till, you’re innocent (vô tội).’”

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