Don't bite the hand that feeds you

Meaning: Don't harm those who help you.

Origin: English proverb from the 18th century, attributed to Edmund Burke.

Translations

• French: Il ne faut pas mordre la main qui te nourrit (literally: One must not bite the hand that feeds you)
• Spanish: No muerdas la mano que te da de comer (literally: Don't bite the hand that feeds you)
• Japanese: 恩を仇で返すな (On wo ada de kaesu na) (literally: Don't return kindness with enmity)

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