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Italian: cavare le castagne dal forno

English translation: pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire (help someone in a difficult situation)



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Italian term or phrase:cavare le castagne dal forno
English translation:pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire (help someone in a difficult situation)
Entered by:Pnina
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Journalism
Italian term or phrase: cavare le castagne dal forno
"Sono una giornalista professionale. Pur di cavare le castagne dal forno al capo redattore devo ficcare il naso dappertutto."
Pnina
Israel
english
Explanation:
the translation of this idiom into English reads:
to pull sb´s chestnuts out of the fire
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Ellen Kraus
Austria
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Teuere Ellen,
Dank fur Ihre Hilfe.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5englishEllen Kraus
3save someone's neckmanducci


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
english

Explanation:
the translation of this idiom into English reads:
to pull sb´s chestnuts out of the fire

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Note from asker to answerer
Teuere Ellen,
Dank fur Ihre Hilfe.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Lyudmila Gorbunova (married Zanella)
1 hr

agree James (Jim) Davis: This is the English equivalent http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=desk...
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agree Peter Cox
11 hrs

agree Gian
13 hrs

agree Marinela Sandoval
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
save someone's neck

Explanation:
In other words: protect someone from getting into trouble

manducci
Italy
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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