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Synonym of pull someone's bacon out of the fire (“rescue someone, especially at the last moment”) / To do another person's difficult work.

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pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire

Source Word

pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire

Japanese Meaning

（他人の厄介な問題や難局から）最後の瞬間に助け出すこと、または困難な仕事を代わりに行うこと

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Sense（1）

Synonym of pull someone's bacon out of the fire (“rescue someone, especially at the last moment”)

Sense（2）

To do another person's difficult work.

pulls someone's chestnuts out of the fire

（ present singular third-person ）

pulling someone's chestnuts out of the fire

（ participle present ）

pulled someone's chestnuts out of the fire

（ participle past ）

pulled someone's chestnuts out of the fire

（ past ）