to pull chestnuts out of the fire
- to pull chestnuts out of the fire
«Таскать каштаны из огня» — делать за кого-либо трудную работу, чужими руками жар загребать. Здесь упоминается старая история об обезьяне и коте. Обезьяна хотела испечь каштаны. Положить их на тлеющие угли было легко, но вытаскивать их горячими обезьянке не очень-то хотелось, поэтому она схватила переднюю лапу кота и стала вынимать ею каштаны, как грабелькой. You keep making mistakes and then expect me to put everything right. I'm fed up pulling your chestnuts out of the fire. — Ты постоянно делаешь ошибки, а потом ждёшь, чтобы я всё исправил. Мне надоело таскать за тебя каштаны из огня.
English-Russian dictionary of expressions.
2014.
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pull the chestnuts out of the fire — To take control and rescue someone or something from a difficult situation, esp one that seems hopeless • • • Main Entry: ↑chestnut … Useful english dictionary
pull one's chestnuts out of the fire — To do someone else a great favor which they don t really deserve, doing oneself a disfavor in the process. * /Small countries often have to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for their more powerful neighbors./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pull one's chestnuts out of the fire — To do someone else a great favor which they don t really deserve, doing oneself a disfavor in the process. * /Small countries often have to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for their more powerful neighbors./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pull\ one's\ chestnuts\ out\ of\ the\ fire — To do someone else a great favor which they don t really deserve, doing oneself a disfavor in the process. Small countries often have to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for their more powerful neighbors … Словарь американских идиом
pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire — succeed in a hazardous undertaking for someone else s benefit Origin: with reference to the fable of a monkey using a cat s paw to extract roasting chestnuts from a fire … Useful english dictionary
pull the chestnuts out of the fire — serve someone, attend to someone … English contemporary dictionary
chestnuts — n. 1) to roast chestnuts 2) (misc.) to pull smb. s chestnuts out of the fire ( to extricate smb. from an unpleasant situation ) * * * to roast chestnuts (misc.) to pull smb. s chestnuts out of the fire ( to extricate smb. from an unpleasant… … Combinatory dictionary
fire — See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE, CATCH FIRE, DRAW FIRE, FAT S IN THE FIRE, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE, HANG FIRE, HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE S HEAD, HOLD… … Dictionary of American idioms
fire — See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE, CATCH FIRE, DRAW FIRE, FAT S IN THE FIRE, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE, HANG FIRE, HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE S HEAD, HOLD… … Dictionary of American idioms
fire — See: ball of fire, between the devil and the deep blue sea or between two fires, build a fire under, burnt child dreads the fire, catch fire, draw fire, fat s in the fire, fight fire with fire, hang fire, heap coals of fire on one s head, hold… … Словарь американских идиом
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Cap.: Moscow. Also called Russia, Soviet … Universalium
