见财起意jiàn cái qǐ yìbe moved to commit crimes by sight of money; conceive an evil design on seeing money; harbour evil thoughts on seeing valuables;think of stealing upon seeing sb’s money
❍ 这厮原是远流配军，如何不做贼，一定是一时～。(《水浒全传》365)The scoundrel being under sentence of distant exile,of course you’d turn thief! You saw the chance and couldn’t resist. 见财起意jian cai qi yiharbour evil intentions at the sight of money |