火中取栗 huǒzhōngqǔlì to be a cat's-paw Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 火中取栗 huǒzhōngqǔlì to be a cat's-paw To pull someone else's chestnuts out of the fire; to take great risks for others and get nothing but trouble for one's pains while others reap the benefits. Derived from La Fontaine's fable of the monkey and the cat. Frequency Written text 0.121 per million Cross-References Antonym 坐享其成 zuòxiǎngqíchéngSynonym 为人作嫁 wèirénzuòjià Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
火中取栗 huǒzhōngqǔlì to be a cat's-paw To pull someone else's chestnuts out of the fire; to take great risks for others and get nothing but trouble for one's pains while others reap the benefits. Derived from La Fontaine's fable of the monkey and the cat. Frequency Written text 0.121 per million Cross-References Antonym 坐享其成 zuòxiǎngqíchéngSynonym 为人作嫁 wèirénzuòjià Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
