“Bite the hand that feeds you”in other languages
Turn against someone who has helped you.
English
French
Portuguese
Vietnamese
EnglishFrenchPortugueseVietnameseSame idea, different pictures
English bites like an ungrateful dog. French and Portuguese spoil the meal itself: spitting in the soup, cracher dans la soupe, or in the plate you ate from, cuspir no prato que comeu.
Vietnamese adds a kick: ăn cháo đá bát, eat the porridge, then kick the bowl away.
More sayings in other languages
- A bitter pill to swallow
- Blow a gale
- Blow off steam
- Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
- Born yesterday
- Borrow trouble
- Make a hash of something
- Bow out
- Breathe down someone's neck