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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

19:32 Feb 11, 2008
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
Local time: 22:51
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
Local time: 21:51
Grading comment
Teuere Ellen,
Dank fur Ihre Hilfe.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5english
Ellen Kraus
3save someone's neck
manducci


  

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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
Local time: 21:51
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Teuere Ellen,
Dank fur Ihre Hilfe.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lyudmila Gorbunova (married Zanella)
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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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save someone's neck


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

manducci
Local time: 21:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
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