sacar las castañas del fuego

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Verb

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sacar las castañas del fuego (first-person singular present saco las castañas del fuego, first-person singular preterite saqué las castañas del fuego, past participle sacado las castañas del fuego)

  1. (idiomatic) pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire (to solve someone's problems, to rescue someone, to do someone's difficult work)

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