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1 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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2 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...'
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