noses in, fingers out

For decades,the prevailing view of the role of corporate directors has been a "nose in,fingers out" view,meaning that directors are supposed to be nosey but they aren't supposed to run the business; that's the job of the executives.
看不懂,

figure out
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合计为, 计算出, 解决, 断定, 领会到
至于nose in(s 应该是三单形式吧）没见过，只见过nose into 是侦查的意思。个人认为应该差不多。