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чужими руками жар загребатьstresses
gen. one beats the bush while another catches the birds; make a cat's paw of other people; he beat the bush and another caught the hare; make one a cat's-paw; make someone else do one’s dirty work
Gruzovik, inf. use others to pull one's chestnuts out of the fire
inf. use others to pull chestnuts out of the fire
polit. someone else will do the dirty work (bigmaxus)
чужими руками жар загребатьбукв.: делать кого-нибудь кошачьей лапкой
Makarov., proverb make a cat's paw of (someone)
чужими руками жар загребать: 6 phrases in 4 subjects
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General1
Idiomatic1
Proverb3