PULL ONE'S CHESTNUTS OUT OF THE FIRE

Meaning of PULL ONE'S CHESTNUTS OUT OF THE FIRE in English

To do someone else a great favor which they don't really deserve, doing oneself a disfavor in the process. Small countries often have to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for their more powerful neighbors.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

PULL ONE'S CHESTNUTS OUT OF THE FIRE — To do someone else a great favor which they don't really deserve, doing oneself a disfavor in the process. * …
Slang English vocab
PULL ONE'S CHESTNUTS OUT OF THE FIRE — To do someone else a great favor which they don't really deserve, doing oneself a disfavor in the process. * …
Словарь английских идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PULL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OUT — I. |au̇t, usu |au̇d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OUT — /owt/ , adv. 1. away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIRE — — firer , n. /fuyeur/ , n. , v. , fired, firing . n. 1. a state, process, or instance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PULL — I. ˈpu̇l also ˈpəl verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pullian; akin to Middle Low German pulen to shell, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OUT — I. ˈau̇t adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIRE — I. ˈfi(-ə)r noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fȳr; akin to Old High German fiur fire, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
OUT — vt to come out with; to make known. 2. out ·vi to come or go out; to get out or …
Webster English vocab
FIRE — vt to drive by fire. 2. fire ·vt to cauterize. 3. fire ·vi to be irritated or inflamed with passion. …
Webster English vocab
PULL — [pull] vb [ME, fr. OE pullian; akin to MLG pulen to shell, cull] vt (bef. 12c) 1 a: to exert …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRE — [fire] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE fyr; akin to OHG fiur fire, Gk pyr] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRE — fire BrE AmE ˈfa ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈfaɪ‿ ə r ▷ fire|d d ▷ firing ˈfa ɪ ‿ər ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PULL — / pʊl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb MOVE / REMOVE STH 1. to hold sth firmly and use …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRE — / ˈfaɪə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun STH BURNING 1. [ U ] the flames, light and heat, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PULL — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. exert force upon (a thing) tending to move it to oneself or the origin …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIRE
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PULL — v. & n. v. 1 tr. exert force upon (a thing) tending to move it to oneself or the origin …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PULL — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. exert force upon (a thing) tending to move it to oneself or the origin …
Oxford English vocab
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1. away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRE — I. BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM /faɪə(r)/ ( fires, firing, fired) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PULL — ( pulls, pulling, pulled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PULL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car pulls out (= moves away from the side of the road ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIRE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb/fire/terrorist etc alert ▪ a full-scale flood alert a devastating flood/fire/earthquake etc ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PULL — INDEX: 1. to pull something with your hands 2. to pull something suddenly 3. to pull something heavy RELATED WORDS …
Longman Activator English vocab
FIRE — INDEX: 1. a fire that damages a building, forest, etc 2. a fire for making you warm, for cooking, or …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHESTNUTS — n pl (sl) женская грудь
Dirty English-Russian vocab
CHESTNUTS — n. 1) to roast ~ 2) ( misc. ) to pull smb.'s ~ out of the fire ('to extricate smb. …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
PULL — v. 1 draw, haul, drag, lug, tow, trail Do you think the car is strong enough to pull that load? …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIRE — n. 1 flame(s), blaze; conflagration, holocaust, inferno We gathered round the roaring fire 2 feeling, passion, ardour, ardency, fervour, fervency, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIRE — See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, …
Словарь английских идиом
FIRE — (*) 1. The command given to discharge a weapon(s). 2. To detonate the main explosive charge by means of a …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PULL — 1. сущ. 1) а) тяга, дерганье; натяжение; тянущая сила; натяжение, растяжение б) тяга (о потоке воздуха, также о детали печи) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь

American Idioms English vocabulary

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