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chop off the limb of the tree one sits on; saw off the bough on which one is sitting; cut down the branch on which one is sittingСтыдно сейчас насмехаться, ухмыляться, плакать, ломать руки, ахать над Россией, над которой пролетает революционный циклон. Значит, рубили тот сук, на котором сидели? (А. Блок, Интеллигенция и революция) — It is shameful at this moment to be arrogant, sarcastic, to weep, to wring your hands, to sigh over Russia, over which the hurricane of revolution is now sweeping. Does this mean we had been cutting down the branch on which we were sitting?
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > рубить сук, на котором сидишь
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[rubit' suk na kotorom sidish] To be hewing down a bough on which you are sitting. To act in such a way as to do oneself harm. Cf. To cut one's own throat; to saw off the bough on which one is sitting.Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > рубить сук, на котором сидишь
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идиом.
to chop off the limb of the tree one sits on
to saw off the bough on which one is sittingДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > рубить сук, на котором сидишь
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1) General subject: bite the hand that feeds one, cut own throat, be your own worst enemy, cook one's own goose2) Set phrase: saw off the bough on which one is sittingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > рубить сук, на котором сидишь
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