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"ref": "1967, Rollo May, Psychology and the Human Dilemma, W. W. Norton & Company, page 18",
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"ref": "2004 November 15, Jay Newton-Small, “The Dems' Tax (and Spend) Dilemma”, in Time",
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"ref": "2020 September 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: We MUST seize the moment”, in Rail, page 3",
"text": "For entirely self-serving reasons, ministers and civil servants never dispelled the public belief that uncaring 'fat cat' privateers or foreign state railways were in control, ramping up fares and creaming off profits which either enriched shareholders or subsidised European rail fares. DfT left train operators to 'take the heat' - which they dutifully did, fearful of speaking up and 'biting the hand that feeds'.",
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"ref": "2023 February 23, Mercedes Rosende, The Hand That Feeds You, Bitter Lemon Press",
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "die hand byt wat jou voed"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "狗咬呂洞賓"
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"word": "cracher dans la soupe"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
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"word": "mordere la mano che ti nutre"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
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"note": "руби́ть сук, на кото́ром сиди́шь (rubítʹ suk, na kotórom sidíšʹ, literally “to cut the branch one is sitting on”)",
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"note": "плева́ть в коло́дец impf (plevátʹ v kolódec, literally “to spit in a well”)",
"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor"
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"word": "morder la mano que te da de comer"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "ăn cháo đá bát"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "狗咬吕洞宾"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "忘恩負義"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "忘恩负义"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "purra ruokkivaa kättä"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "cracher dans la soupe"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "mordre la main nourricière"
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"word": "mordre la main qui nourrit"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "morder na man que che dá de comer"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "in die Hand beißen, die einen füttert"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "den Ast absägen, auf dem man sitzt"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "mordere la mano che ti nutre"
},
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "sputare nel piatto in cui si mangia"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "cuspir no prato que comeu"
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"roman": "kusátʹ rúku, kotóraja kórmit",
"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "куса́ть ру́ку, кото́рая ко́рмит"
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"code": "ru",
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"note": "руби́ть сук, на кото́ром сиди́шь (rubítʹ suk, na kotórom sidíšʹ, literally “to cut the branch one is sitting on”)",
"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "плева́ть в коло́дец impf (plevátʹ v kolódec, literally “to spit in a well”)",
"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "morder la mano que te da de comer"
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"sense": "cause harm to a benefactor",
"word": "ăn cháo đá bát"
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"word": "bite the hand that feeds one"
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