Sekirov Dictionary

pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire

verb2

To do another person's difficult work.
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Synonym of pull someone's bacon out of the fire (“rescue someone, especially at the last moment”).
- By now, however, it's unlikely that even this faithful retainer can once more pull Bush's chestnuts out of the fire. — 2006

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