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ЧУЖИМИ РУКАМИ ЖАР ЗАГРЕБАТЬ coll, disapprov VP subj: human usu. infin used with a finite form of привыкнуть, хотеть, любить etc) to use the product of another's labor to one's own advantageX привык чужими руками жар загребать = X is accustomed to reaping the fruit of someone else's laborX is accustomed to reaping where he hasn't sown X is accustomed to making (letting etc) others do all the dirty work (for him) X is accustomed to using others as a catVpaw."...При царе... вашими руками на войне жар загребали. Загребают и при Керенском...» (Шолохов 3). I context transl) "Under the tsar they...used you to grab the spoils of war. They're still grabbing under Kerensky..." (3a) -
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• ЧУЖИМИ РУКАМИ ЖАР ЗАГРЕБАТЬ coll, disapprov[VP; subj: human; usu. infin used with a finite form of привыкнуть, хотеть, любить etc]=====⇒ to use the product of another's labor to one's own advantage:- X привык чужими руками жар загребать≈ X is accustomed to reaping the fruit of someone else's labor;- X is accustomed to making <letting etc> others do all the dirty work (for him);- X is accustomed to using others as a cat's paw.♦ "...При царе... вашими руками на войне жар загребали. Загребают и при Керенском..." (Шолохов 3). [context transl] "Under the tsar they...used you to grab the spoils of war. They're still grabbing under Kerensky..." (3a)Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чужими руками жар загребать
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