bite the hand that feeds one
- bite the hand that feeds one
"кусать руку, которая кормит"; ≈ отплатить кому-л. чёрной неблагодарностью
...they would not ask him to do anything which it was not perfectly legal for him to do, but that he must be complacent and not stand in the way of big municipal perquisites nor bite the hands that fed him. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. XVI) — ...они не потребуют от него ничего незаконного, но он должен быть покладистым, не мешать членам муниципалитета загребать крупные суммы и не должен проявлять черную неблагодарность по отношению к своим благодетелям.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа»..
2006.
Смотреть что такое "bite the hand that feeds one" в других словарях:
bite the hand that feeds one — {v. phr.} To turn against or hurt a helper or supporter; repay kindness with wrong. * /He bit the hand that fed him when he complained against his employer./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bite the hand that feeds one — {v. phr.} To turn against or hurt a helper or supporter; repay kindness with wrong. * /He bit the hand that fed him when he complained against his employer./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bite the hand that feeds one — ► bite the hand that feeds one deliberately hurt or offend a benefactor. Main Entry: ↑bite … English terms dictionary
bite the hand that feeds one — phrasal : to injure a benefactor maliciously * * * bite the hand that feeds one To show ingratitude, often with the likely result of losing the help one is receiving • • • Main Entry: ↑bite * * * deliberately hurt or offend a benefactor … Useful english dictionary
bite the hand that feeds one — verb To cause harm to a benefactor. And the reality is, for all the talk about lobbying reform, Congress has never been known to bite the hand that feeds it … Wiktionary
bite\ the\ hand\ that\ feeds\ one — v. phr. To turn against or hurt a helper or supporter; repay kindness with wrong. He bit the hand that fed him when he complained against his employer … Словарь американских идиом
bite the hand that feeds you — be unkind to the one who cares for you or pays you If you criticize your employer, you bite the hand that feeds you … English idioms
bite the hand that feeds one — deliberately harm or offend a benefactor. → bite … English new terms dictionary
bite the hand that feeds one — v. disrespect the person who cares for one, maltreat someone who provides for one … English contemporary dictionary
bite the hand that feeds one — phrasal to injure a benefactor maliciously … New Collegiate Dictionary
bite the hand that feeds one — idi to repay kindness with malice or injury … From formal English to slang
