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1 чужими руками жар загребать
[chuzhimi rukami zhar zagr'ebat']
To bank up the fire with someone else's hands.
To benefit by the results of someone else's work; to use the results of someone else's work to achieve one's selfish ends.
Cf. To make a cat's-paw of someone; to pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire. Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > чужими руками жар загребать
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2 таскать для кого-н. каштаны из огня
Phraseological unit: pull someone's chestnuts out of the fireУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > таскать для кого-н. каштаны из огня
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3 чужими руками жар загребать
1) General subject: make a cat's-paw out of, one beats the bush while another catches the birds, pull chestnuts out of the fire, someone else does the dirty work2) Politics: someone else will do the dirty work3) Set phrase: pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody (дословно: Таскать (для кого-нибудь) каштаны из огня)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > чужими руками жар загребать
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4 чужими руками жар загребать
разг., неодобр.make others do the < dirty> work for one; make smb. pull the chestnuts out of the fire for one; cf. use the cat's paw; make a cat's paw of other people- Вот оно что! - взорвался Василий, забыв о своих председательских функциях. - Чужими руками хотите жар загребать? Мы будем дом строить, а вы туда жить приедете на готовенькое? Не выйдет так, Полюха Конопатова. (Г. Николаева, Жатва) — 'Ah, so that's it!' Vasili exploded, forgetful of his chairman's functions. 'You want to have someone pull the chestnuts out of the fire for you? We're to build the house and you're to come and live in it when it's all ready! Nothing doing, Polyukha Konopatova!'
Врона злорадно улыбнулся. "Привык, небось, жар чужими руками загребать, штабная крыса! Ничего, они с тебя спесь собьют немножко..." (Н. Островский, Рождённые бурей) — Wrona smiled malevolently. 'I suppose he's used to making somebody else do the dirty work, this rat of a commander! But it doesn't matter - they'll take him down a peg or two...'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чужими руками жар загребать
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5 таскать каштаны из огня
[taskat' kashtany iz ogn'a]
To pull the chestnuts out of the fire.
To do the hardest and the most painstaking part of some job for someone else's benefit.
Cf. To pull the chestnuts out of the fire. Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > таскать каштаны из огня
См. также в других словарях:
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
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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 — To take control and rescue someone or something from a difficult situation, esp one that seems hopeless • • • Main Entry: ↑chestnut … Useful english dictionary
pull the chestnuts out of the fire — serve someone, attend to someone … English contemporary dictionary
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