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1 sacarle las castañas del fuego a Alguien
= pull + Posesivo + chestnuts out of the fireEx. And there have actually been some pretty funny allusions to Baker pulling our chestnuts out the fire.* * *= pull + Posesivo + chestnuts out of the fireEx: And there have actually been some pretty funny allusions to Baker pulling our chestnuts out the fire.
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2 на свою голову
разг., неодобр.bring smth. upon one's own head; do smth. to one's own misfortune (cost, risk); pile up trouble on one's own head- Забыл, как я тебя из полымя вытащил?.. Таскаем мы вас на свою голову!.. - закричал он так громко, словно каждый день таскал "из полымя" раненых, как каштаны, - на свою голову! (А. Фадеев, Разгром) — 'You've forgotten how I pulled you out of the fire?.. When we have dealings with people like you we pile up trouble on our own heads!' He shouted so loudly that one might have thought he was in the habit of pulling people 'out of the fire' every day, like chestnuts. 'On our own heads!..'
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