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Sentence #35813

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 sacredceltic sacredceltic April 17, 2013 April 17, 2013 at 11:05:45 AM UTC link Permalink

could you please elaborate the context(s) this should apply to. What kind of clerks ?

sharptoothed sharptoothed April 17, 2013 April 17, 2013 at 11:35:33 AM UTC link Permalink

"sticky fingers" seems to be an american idiom meaning, here, "The habit of stealing things you see and want."

sacredceltic sacredceltic April 17, 2013 April 17, 2013 at 11:40:25 AM UTC link Permalink

I would like to have a native's opinion, possibly the author's himself, because that is indeed my reading, but Fekundulo debates this on my French translation...

sharptoothed sharptoothed April 17, 2013 April 17, 2013 at 11:45:19 AM UTC link Permalink

Not sure about the author since, most likely, this sentence originates from Tanaka corpus, but having a native's opinion won't do any harm anyway.

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➜ #198620ネコババ職員はいつかはバレて職を失う。

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Clerks with sticky fingers won't keep their jobs for long.

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➜ #479203Les employés aux doigts collants ne vont pas garder leurs emplois très longtemps.

linked by sacredceltic, August 25, 2010
➜ #1563155Angestellte, die lange Finger machen, werden ihre Jobs nicht lange behalten.

linked by samueldora, May 5, 2012
➜ #1702322Los oficinistas de manos largas no mantendrán sus puestos por mucho tiempo.

linked by teskmon, July 17, 2012
➜ #2385876Komizoj havantaj gluecajn fingrojn mallonge konservos sian postenon.

linked by fekundulo, April 17, 2013
➜ #1564097Les employés qui fauchent ne vont pas garder leurs emplois très longtemps.

linked by sacredceltic, April 29, 2013