pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of pull someone's bacon out of the fire (“rescue someone, especially at the last moment”).

    By now, however, it's unlikely that even this faithful retainer can once more pull Bush's chestnuts out of the fire.

  2. 2.

    To do another person's difficult work.

词源

Calque of French tirer les marrons du feu, which comes from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de la Fontaine.

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