Helen: So it can be a good or a bad thing. Lets have a look at some examples:

　　If you need any information just ask Annabel. She has a finger in every pie and always knows the answer.

　　At work Im a teacher but I also do some accounting and organise the end-of-term play. I like to have a finger in every pie!

　　I cant seem to do anything without him being there yesterday I went to the photography club and he was there. Well, unfortunately he does have a finger in every pie.

　　Helen: 原来这个短语也有贬义，也就是指某人多管闲事，参与不应该管的事 情。

　　Rosie: Shakespeare used it in his play Henry VIII. In the play its used as a criticism of someone who gets involved in everything when he shouldnt:

　　No mans pie is freed

　　From his ambitious finger.

　　Helen: So the person criticised here feels the need to put his ambitious finger in every single pie that is baked... 莎翁在他的舞台剧《亨利八世》中也提到了这个短语，其中一个角色非要尝每一个烤好的派。

　　Rosie: Yes, which means he gets involved in things he shouldnt.

　　Helen: 莎翁的剧本说法稍有不同，现在我们说 someone has a finger in every pie.

　　Rosie: Yes, its slightly less poetic than No mans pie is freed from his ambitious finger.

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