- pull out of the fire
- Pull out of the fire(USA) If you pull something out of the fire, you save or rescue it.
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pull out of the fire
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pull out of the fire — (USA) If you pull something out of the fire, you save or rescue it. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
pull the chestnuts out of the fire — To take control and rescue someone or something from a difficult situation, esp one that seems hopeless • • • Main Entry: ↑chestnut … Useful english dictionary
pull one's chestnuts out of the fire — 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 American idioms
pull one's chestnuts out of the fire — 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 American idioms
pull\ one's\ chestnuts\ out\ of\ the\ fire — 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 … Словарь американских идиом
pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire — succeed in a hazardous undertaking for someone else s benefit Origin: with reference to the fable of a monkey using a cat s paw to extract roasting chestnuts from a fire … Useful english dictionary
pull the chestnuts out of the fire — serve someone, attend to someone … English contemporary dictionary
pull out — verb 1. move out or away (Freq. 4) The troops pulled out after the cease fire • Syn: ↑get out • Ant: ↑pull in • Derivationally related forms: ↑pullout … Useful english dictionary
a burnt child dreads the fire — c 1250 Proverbs of Hending in Anglia (1881) IV. 199 Brend child fuir fordredeth [is in dread of]. c 1400 Romaunt of Rose 1. 1820 ‘For evermore gladly,’ as I rede, ‘Brent child of fier hath mych drede.’ 1580 LYLY Euphues & his England II. 92 A… … Proverbs new dictionary
pull — 1 /pUl/ verb 1 MOVE STH TOWARDS YOU (I, T) to use your hands to make something move towards you or in the direction that you are moving: Help me move the piano; you push and I ll pull. | pull sth: I pulled the handle and it just snapped off! |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
