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загребать жар чужим руками

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gen. use others to pull chestnuts out of the fire
Gruzovik, fig. use others to pull one's chestnuts out of the fire
загребать жар чужими руками
idiom. use someone as a cat's paw (APN)
proverb one man sows and another reaps; pull somebody's chestnuts out of the fire; pull the chestnuts out of the fire for (someone)
загребать жар чужим руками
: 9 phrases in 4 subjects
General5
Informal2
Makarov1
Politics1

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