sacar las castañas del fuego
Meaning: to rescue someone from a difficult situation or to solve a problem at one's own risk or expense.
Language: Spanish
Literally: to pull the chestnuts out of the fire
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Derived from Aesop's fable of the monkey who tricks the cat into pulling hot chestnuts from a fire, using another's labor to get what one wants.
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