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verb

tirer les marrons du feu

/ti.ʁe le ma.ʁɔ̃ dy fø/

verb/ti.ʁe le ma.ʁɔ̃ dy fø/

to pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire (to do someone else's difficult work)

From the French fable Le Singe et le Chat by Jean de La Fontaine.