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чужими руками жар загребать
stresses
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 загребать
букв.: делать кого-нибудь кошачьей лапкой
Makarov., proverb
make a cat's paw of
(someone)
чужими руками жар загребать:
6 phrases
in 4 subjects
Figurative
1
General
1
Idiomatic
1
Proverb
3
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