英语词组pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

词组	pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire
释义	pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire 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. Cat's paw is sometimes used as a term for someone who is used by another person as a tool or stooge.
随便看	so long so long some some - are more equal than others someone could do something in their sleep someone couldn't - their way out of a paper bag someone or something owes you a living someone or something owes you a living someone's back is turned someone's bark is worse than their bite someone's bark is worse than their bite someone's blood is up someone's bread and butter someone's bread and butter someone's daily bread someone's daily bread someone's days are numbered someone's ears are burning someone's ears are burning someone's ears are flapping someone's ears are flapping someone's face fits someone's feet won't touch the ground someone's lips are sealed someone's lips are sealed

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