English

Verb

pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire

1. Alternative form of pull someone's bacon out of the fire
   • 2006 Oct. 9, Jacob Heilbrunn, "‘Work Hard, Study ... and Keep Out of Politics!’" (book review), New York Times (retrieved 23 Oct 2011):

     By now, however, it's unlikely that even this faithful retainer can once more pull Bush's chestnuts out of the fire.

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