out of the fire

Antonyms

struggling liable stuffed shagged screwed rooted
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Examples

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere. Garrett Hardin

To pull the chestnuts out of the fire with the cat's paw. Molière

Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you possess the key to their motives you may at any moment be forced to take their chestnuts out of the fire to the damage of your own fingers. Baltasar Gracián

I sail, run dogs, ride horses, play professional poker and tell stories about the stuff I've been through. And I'm still a romantic; I still want Bambi to make it out of the fire. Gary Paulsen

To do like the monkey, get the chesnuts out of the fire with the cat's paw. French Proverb

Take the chestnuts out of the fire with the cat's paw. Romanian Proverb

Words in the phrase

out of the fire

Close letter words and terms

out of the common out of the corner of one's eye out of the country Out of the fire and into the blaze out of the frying pan - into the fire out of the frying pan and into the fire