"pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire" meaning in English

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          "roman": "vgázo ta kástana apó ti fotiá",
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          "word": "cavar le castagne dal fuoco"
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      "sense": "do someone's difficult work",
      "word": "treure les castanyes del foc"
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      "sense": "do someone's difficult work",
      "word": "cavar le castagne dal fuoco"
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      "sense": "do someone's difficult work",
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      "sense": "do someone's difficult work",
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      "sense": "do someone's difficult work",
      "word": "sacar las castañas del fuego"
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