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2022-02-20 09:02
Pull (one's) chestnuts out of the fire phrase
To keep someone safe from a dangerous or unpleasant circumstance.
Thank you so much for rescuing me from my burning house- you really pulled my chestnuts out of the fire!
I'm immensely grateful to John who has pulled my chestnuts out of the fire several times.
To take on a difficult, unpleasant, or risky piece of work that one has to do, but they do not want to do.
It was a daunting task, but luckily, John volunteered to pull my chestnuts out of the fire.
A: How do you tackle a task like that? B: I dispatched my servant to the meeting to pull my chestnuts out of the fire.
The verb "pull" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This expression is based on the fable of the cat and the monkey. The cat wanted to get some roast chestnuts out of the fire but did not want to burn its paws, so it persuaded the monkey to do the job instead.
Do you see anything wrong?
Manage to earn enough money to buy food and other essential things
She works two jobs at the same time in order to keep the wolf from the door.
