顺手牵羊

顺手牵羊 [shùn shǒu qiān yáng]

1. ■ lead away the sheep by the way; (descriptive of) appropriating such things as come within one's reach, as one goes about one's way; go off with sth. near at hand; lead the goat away as a handy thing to do; make free with others' possessions; pick up sth. in passing [on the sly]; steal sth.; take quickly and secretly without permission; take sth. lying within easy reach; take sth. that doesn't belong to oneself; walk away [off] with sth.:

她顺手牵羊拿走了那顶新尼龙伞。 She picked up the new nylon umbrella on the sly.