sticky fingers

[sticky fingers] {n. phr.}, {slang}

1. The habit of stealing things you see and want.

/Don't leave money in your locker; some of the boys have sticky fingers./

/Don't leave that girl alone in the room with so many valuable objects around, because she has sticky fingers./

2. Ability to catch a ball, especially football forward passes.

/Jack is very tall and has sticky fingers. He is an end on the football team./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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