| Word | pull his chestnuts out of the fire |
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| Description | succeed in a hazardous undertaking for someone else's benefit. This expression refers to the fable of a monkey using a cat's paw (or in some versions : a dog's paw) to rake out roasting chestnuts from a fire. Car's paw is sometimes used as a term for someone who is used by another person as a tool or stooge. succeed in a hazardous undertaking for someone else's benefit. This expression refers to the fable of a monkey using a cat |
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