Sekirov Dictionary

bite the hand that feeds one

verb1

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To cause harm to a benefactor (especially one that one is dependent on, thus with the idea that this behaviour is self-damaging).
- Granted that it is not "exquisitely rational" to bite the hand that feeds you, yet that is just what clients and patients do which is one reason they need therapy. — 1967

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