To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody
Таскать (для кого-нибудь) каштаны из огня.
Чужими руками жар загребать.
Другие пословицы:
- As welcome as water in one's shoes
- To pour water into a sieve
- The fat is in the fire
- To draw water in a sieve
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- To build a fire under oneself
- Little chips light great fires
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- The mill cannot grind with the water that is past
- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
- He carries fire in one hand and water in the other
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- Out of the frying-pan into the fire
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea