pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Synonym of pull someone's bacon out of the fire (“rescue someone, especially at the last moment”).
    — By now, however, it's unlikely that even this faithful retainer can once more pull Bush's chestnuts out of the fire.
  2. To do another person's difficult work.

词形变化

pulls someone's chestnuts out of the fire present,singular,third-person pulling someone's chestnuts out of the fire participle,present pulled someone's chestnuts out of the fire participle,past pulled someone's chestnuts out of the fire past

词源

Calque of French tirer les marrons du feu, which comes from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de la Fontaine.
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