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./

Dictionary of English idioms .      Словарь английских идиом.