Phrase info

sticky fingers

Speech parts

1. sticky fingers - Noun

2. sticky fingers - Phrase

Meaning

(idiomatic) An inclination to steal.
You'd better lock up your belongings before handing your keys to a valet; some of them have sticky fingers.

(idiomatic) Petty thieves.
There are too many sticky fingers around for me to leave my purse unattended.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Fruit expects you to endure laborious peeling and sticky fingers before you reach the edible stuff, which as we all know, can end up a disappointment. Source: Internet

Most of JoJo's Bizare Adventure is defined by its creative stand battles and their abilities, from fixing things to Silver Chariot's rapier cutting fire and 's Sticky Fingers making zippers. Source: Internet

Do government agencies like the Food and Drug Administration visit Fort Knox and the Federal Reserve Bank, run their sticky fingers through all that gold and say "Yeah. Source: Internet

Don’t worry about touching the controls for your vent fan or light with sticky fingers ever again. Source: Internet

Tell that to Scotland and Northern Irish & please get your sticky fingers off those nations quickly. Source: Internet

No, it's the Nigerian princess literary style, informing you you are to recieve USD $ 4,000,000 million dollars b'coz of tragic disappearance of Minister of Sticky Fingers in Mystery Plane Crash yadda yadda. Source: Internet

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