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== Pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire ==
== Taking damage by helping others and get betrayed ==
This comes from the fable ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Original_Fables_of_La_Fontaine/The_Monkey_and_the_Cat The Monkey and the Cat]''
This comes from the fable ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Original_Fables_of_La_Fontaine/The_Monkey_and_the_Cat The Monkey and the Cat]''



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Hi all. In this lesson, we will see allusions around the world.

This page has a parent: Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Similar-Sayings.

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Taking damage by helping others and get betrayed

This comes from the fable The Monkey and the Cat

language term
Catalan treure les castanyes del foc
Chinese 火中取栗
Danish rage kastanjerne ud af ilden
Finnish hoitaa jonkun homma
French tirer les marrons du feu
German die Kastanien aus dem Feuer holen
Italian cavar le castagne dal fuoco
Modern Greek βγάζω τα κάστανα από τη φωτιά
Norwegian Bokmål rake kastanjene ut av ilden
Norwegian Nynorsk rake kastanjane ut av elden
Polish wyciągać kasztany z ognia
Spanish sacar las castañas del fuego
Swedish kratsa kastanjerna ur elden